/ 30 August 2022

D-Day for Dawson

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

One of Australia’s most famous unsolved cases should come to an end today when NSW Supreme Court Judge Ian Harrison SC will announce whether or not he believes beyond all reasonable doubt that Chris Dawson killed his wife Lynette 40 years ago. It follows a 10-week trial examining evidence in the case made famous by The Australian’s podcast The Teacher’s Pet. The 74-year-old former school teacher has always maintained his innocence, claiming his then-wife walked out on him and their 2 young daughters in January 1982. Lynette was never seen again, leading to decades investigations, including 2 coronial inquests, and now a trial. Today’s verdict will either see the Judge convict or acquit Dawson, meaning he could spend the rest of his life in jail, or return as a free man to his home on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Until tomorrow then…

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