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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos - August 29, 2022: Chris Dawson (wearing blue suit) is seen arriving at the Supreme Court in Sydney as his verdict is delivered today. The former rugby league player is alleged to have murdered his wife Lynette 40 years ago. Picture NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard.

Chris Dawson’s next legal move revealed

Convicted wife killer Chris Dawson will return to court in a big legal play following his jailing for an unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage student.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Eight words that sealed Dawson’s fate

Eight key words helped convict Chris Dawson and are a crucial reason four judges found that the ex-rugby league star killed his wife.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Eight words that sealed Dawson’s fate

Eight key words helped convict Chris Dawson and are a crucial reason four judges found that the ex-rugby league star killed his wife.

DTM NEWS Westmead coroners court inquest into Lynette Dawsons suspected death.Lynette and Chris Dawson in 1974.pic:Troy Bendeich

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12 reasons prove Dawson killed wife

Former rugby league player Chris Dawson has lost a bid to have his murder conviction overturned after the state’s highest court threw out his appeal.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Dawson’s huge claim on murdered wife

Chris Dawson has returned to court, arguing that his wife Lynette Simms could have been alive after she vanished and he should be freed from prison.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Wife killer’s bid for freedom

Chris Dawson will return to a Sydney courtroom on Monday in a desperate attempt to be freed from jail after being convicted of his wife’s infamous cold case murder.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Wife killer’s bid for freedom

Chris Dawson will return to a Sydney courtroom on Monday in a desperate attempt to be freed from jail after being convicted of his wife’s infamous cold case murder.

Copy/PicBendeich /Westmead /coroner's court inquest into Lynette Dawson suspected death. Lynette and husband Chris Dawson in 1974. Lynnette (Lynette) Joy (nee Simms ??) went missing in 1982 she was 34 - an inquest pointed to Chris as a murder suspect. crime qld

Four key claims in Dawson’s new court fight

Chris Dawson has launched a desperate bid to have his murder conviction quashed a year after he was found guilty of killing his wife and told he would die in jail.

Nearly 41 years after he murdered his wife Lynette so he could be with a teenage former student, ex-teacher and rugby leaguestar Chris Dawson has been sentenced to 24 years in jail.

Wife-killer Chris Dawson’s move to be freed

Wife-killer and former teacher Chris Dawson has launched an appeal against his murder conviction as he fights to be freed from jail.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 29, 2023: Former Sydney school teacher Chris Dawson has lost a bid to keep evidence at his carnal knowledge trial a secret after his legal team failed in its application for orders to restrict media reporting. Sketch of Dawson today in in Sydney's Downing Centre.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Vincent de Gouw

Dawson wasting away behind bars

Chris Dawson has suffered a steep decline since being jailed and is showing the early signs of the onset of dementia, a court has been told.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he leaves the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Dawson learns fate over student sex acts

Chris Dawson has learnt his fate after being convicted of engaging in sexual acts with an underage schoolgirl.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 9, 2022: Chris Dawson pictured as he arrives at the Supreme Court, Sydney CBD. Ex-Newtown Jets player and school teacher Chris Dawson was charged with murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Dawson student sues state over ‘sexual abuse’

One of Chris Dawson’s former students is suing the state, arguing it failed to stop the ex-teacher “grooming” and “sexually abusing” her.

DTM NEWS Westmead coroners court inquest into Lynette Dawsons suspected death.Lynette and Chris Dawson in 1974.pic:Troy Bendeich

Four words that condemned Chris Dawson

A look at the key pieces of evidence that helped convict Chris Dawson of carrying on a sexual relationship with an underage student.

undated copypicTroy/Bendeich of Chris Dawson with his wife Lynnette (Lynette) Joy Dawson on their wedding day. Lynnette went missing in 1982 she was 34 - an inquest pointed to Chris as a murder suspect. crime nsw missing persons

Dawson’s expletive outburst after verdict

A District Court judge has found convicted wife killer Chris Dawson guilty of having sex with an underage schoolgirl while teaching at a Sydney high school in the 1980s.

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