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GUILTY

Christopher Michael Dawson has finally learned his fate after Justice Ian Harrison handed down his verdict in the NSW Supreme Court.
 
Dawson was charged with one count of murdering his wife, Lynette, in early 1982.
 
We hear from retired homicide detective, Gary Jubelin, what happens next, now that the marathon trial and deliberations have wrapped.

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