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‘Lies and half-truths’: Top court rejects Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

‘Lies and half-truths’: Top court rejects Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

Lynette Joy Simms’ disappearance in 1982 became one of Sydney’s most enduring mysteries. Decades later, her husband was convicted of her murder.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn

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Phone taps, diaries and a personals ad with ‘love’ to Lyn: Chris Dawson’s tangled web

Phone taps, diaries and a personals ad with ‘love’ to Lyn: Chris Dawson’s tangled web

On March 27, 1982, a 15-word ad appeared in a Sydney newspaper, urging “Lyn” to call “Chris”. The author had already murdered her, a judge found.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn and The Visual Stories Team
Chris Dawson’s alleged ‘odd behaviour’ over children’s portraits

Chris Dawson’s alleged ‘odd behaviour’ over children’s portraits

A top prosecutor has told Chris Dawson’s murder appeal the convicted wife killer appeared to show a “complete lack of sentiment towards his own children”.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Judge takes aim at Dawson’s ‘convenient’ claim about diamond ring

Judge takes aim at Dawson’s ‘convenient’ claim about diamond ring

Convicted killer Chris Dawson, whose appeal is before the courts, claimed his wife never returned after he dropped her at a bus stop. A top judge has asked a pointed question.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Dawson ‘not wise’ to move babysitter into marital bed, court told

Dawson ‘not wise’ to move babysitter into marital bed, court told

The convicted killer claimed his wife called him at Northbridge Baths and told him that she needed “time away”. Within days, his daughters’ babysitter moved in.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Inside Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

Inside Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

The convicted killer has asked the state’s top criminal appeal court to overturn his conviction for the murder of his wife Lynette Simms, who vanished in 1982.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
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Chris Dawson jailed for three years over unlawful sexual relationship with student

Chris Dawson jailed for three years over unlawful sexual relationship with student

Dawson groomed and sexually abused a 16-year-old girl he met while teaching at a Sydney high school in the 1980s. He was found guilty in June in the NSW District Court.

  • by Georgina Mitchell
Chris Dawson’s former student sues NSW over her sexual abuse

Chris Dawson’s former student sues NSW over her sexual abuse

The woman alleges the NSW education department failed to protect her from being groomed by her teacher.

  • by Georgina Mitchell and Michaela Whitbourn
Woman accuses Chris Dawson’s brother Paul of underage sex
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Woman accuses Chris Dawson’s brother Paul of underage sex

Paul Dawson, the twin brother of convicted murderer and child sex offender Chris Dawson, has been accused of having sex with a student in the 1980s.

  • by Tom Steinfort, Sheree Gibson and Perry Duffin
Chris Dawson found guilty of unlawful sexual relationship with student
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Chris Dawson found guilty of unlawful sexual relationship with student

Dawson, who was convicted last year of killing his wife, faced a judge-alone trial in the NSW District Court on a charge of carnal knowledge of a student.

  • by Georgina Mitchell
Chris Dawson seen with student sitting on his lap at school, court told

Chris Dawson seen with student sitting on his lap at school, court told

The 74-year-old former teacher is on trial in the NSW District Court after pleading not guilty to carnal knowledge of a student under the age of 17.

  • by Georgina Mitchell

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