Wife killer’s huge court move revealed
Chris Dawson, who is serving 24 years in prison for murdering his wife Lynette Simms, is asking the country’s highest court for a fresh trial.
Chris Dawson
Wife killer’s huge court move revealed
Chris Dawson, who is serving 24 years in prison for murdering his wife Lynette Simms, is asking the country’s highest court for a fresh trial.
Wife killer in High Court appeal
Convicted wife killer Chris Dawson has asked the High Court to quash his murder conviction and order a new trial, claiming he suffered a ‘significant forensic disadvantage’.
Dawson says guilty verdict in carnal knowledge case ‘unreasonable’
The convicted wife killer has launched an appeal to overturn a conviction over the unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl he went on to marry.
Why Chris Dawson says he’s not guilty
Chris Dawson will appear before the state’s highest court next year in a bid to have his conviction for engaging in an unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage student overturned on appeal.
Chris Dawson appeals conviction over sexual relationship with then-schoolgirl
Chris Dawson will appear before the state’s highest court next year in a bid to have his conviction for engaging in an unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage student overturned on appeal.
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.
Chris Dawson’s brother in $13.6m estate brawl
Peter Dawson, the brother of convicted murderer Chris Dawson, is fighting a family who are contesting the finality of an ‘informal will’ that was left on a client’s iPhone.
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.
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.
A win for journalism and victims
Appeal court decision keeps door open for cold case investigations.
Liar, killer, sex offender: you’re done, Chris
Chris Dawson should stop. But he won’t – and that’s why the High Court should be bracing for Dawson’s next move to be seeking special leave to appeal.
How Dawson’s marriage turned to murder
12 years after marrying her highschool sweetheart, Lynette Simms vanished. Decades on, her husband Chris Dawson is in jail for her murder. Here’s how it unfolded.
Dawson loses murder conviction appeal
Former star footballer Chris Dawson has lost an appeal against his murder conviction after being found guilty of killing his wife Lyn Simms more than 40 years ago.
How Dawson’s marriage turned to murder
12 years after marrying her highschool sweetheart, Lynette Simms vanished. Decades on, her husband Chris Dawson is in jail for her murder. Here’s how it unfolded.
Dawson to die in jail after appeal fails
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.
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.
Judgment day for Dawson on appeal
Chris Dawson will learn on Thursday the result of his appeal against his conviction for murdering his wife after three NSW judges reserved their decision last month.
Major update in Chris Dawson murder case
Chris Dawson will on Thursday learn his fate after appealing to be freed from prison, with the Court of Criminal Appeal to hand down its judgment.
Major update in Chris Dawson murder case
Chris Dawson will on Thursday learn his fate after appealing to be freed from prison, with the Court of Criminal Appeal to hand down its judgment.
Bronwyn and Lyn: Two cases, two lives lost
Lyn Simms and Bronwyn Winfield were married to handsome, physically fit men with a penchant for order; Lyn to teacher Chris Dawson, and Bronwyn to builder Jon Winfield. Their inexplicable disappearances are eerily similar.
‘Unreasonable’: Dawson’s bid for freedom
Chris Dawson is relying on evidence lost to time and witnesses who have died in his desperate bid to be freed, after he was found guilty of his wife’s murder.
‘Unreasonable’: Dawson’s bid for freedom
Chris Dawson is relying on evidence lost to time and witnesses who have died in his desperate bid to be freed, after he was found guilty of his wife’s murder.
‘Glaringly improbable’: Dawson’s case attacked
Chris Dawson’s version of events surrounding his wife’s disappearance has been described as “glaringly improbable” by prosecutors.
‘Glaringly improbable’: Dawson’s case attacked
Chris Dawson’s version of events surrounding his wife’s disappearance has been described as “glaringly improbable” by prosecutors.
Backing for claims damning Dawson
Judges hearing Chris Dawson’s appeal have indicated support for damning evidence given by the ex-football star’s teenage babysitter-turned-wife, and criticised his lawyer’s suggestion that she may have lied due to animosity.
Judges query Dawson’s ‘good character’
Judges hearing Chris Dawson’s appeal against his murder conviction have challenged his character claims and referred to the diamond rings of his missing wife being ‘conveniently’ left behind.
Eleven reasons Dawson is guilty: Prosecutors
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield has outlined in court the 11 reasons why Chris Dawson is guilty.
Babysitter moving in ‘not proof Dawson killed wife’
Chris Dawson’s lawyer has admitted it was not ‘admirable’ for the former Newtown Jets star to move his teenage lover into his marital bed shortly after his wife disappeared, but claims it does not prove him guilty of her murder.
Dawson hangs appeal hat on dubious sighting
Chris Dawson is basing his appeal on a so-called sighting by his football mate’s wife, Sue Butlin, of his first wife Lyn.
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