Eleven reasons Dawson is guilty: Prosecutors
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield has outlined in court the 11 reasons why Chris Dawson is guilty.
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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.
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.
Witness claimed Lyn framed Dawson
Chris Dawson’s barrister argued a man who claimed he drank with Lyn Dawson in the Warners Bay Hotel after her disappearance could possibly have been telling the truth.
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.
Chris Dawson’s new claim over mystery Lyn call
No proof that Lyn was dead: Chris Dawson tells the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal the judge caused a miscarriage of justice, as it’s revealed DPP Sally Dowling will fight the case herself.
The teacher’s appeal: Chris Dawson heads back to court
The former schoolteacher is appealing his murder conviction – and he’s going after the reasoning of Justice Ian Harrison.
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.
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.
First female chief judge for NSW
Sarah Huggett, who last year oversaw the carnal knowledge trial of convicted wife-killer Chris Dawson, will become the first female chief judge of the NSW District Court.
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.
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.
Shadow of betrayal clouds a young life
The daughter of convicted killer Chris Dawson recalls the cruelty of her childhood in the memoir, My Mother’s Eyes.
How Dawson’s legal gambit almost derailed the case
If the former teacher succeeded in his bid, the fallout and potential financial costs would have been disastrous. Lyn’s family would be inconsolable, their last chance dashed.
The secret behind the crime story of the decade
Hedley Thomas reveals for the first time the personal family tragedy that drove him to pursue The Teacher’s Pet story harder than anything else in his career. | LISTEN to an exclusive audiobook extract
Dawson’s daughter wonders if her dad blames her
The eldest daughter of murdered mum Lyn has written her own book and tells The Australian of her complex feelings towards her imprisoned father.
Shameful case of victim-blaming
The NSW Education Department’s attitude to a groomed schoolgirl beggars belief.
Defence to Dawson victim’s claim ‘disgusting’
The NSW Education Department is arguing in a legal suit that the schoolgirl had a ‘share in responsibility’ for being groomed because she didn’t end her relationship with him.
Time to put things right for Dawson’s victim, Minister Car
The woman who survived Chris Dawson deserves our thanks. Not more victim-blaming from the NSW education department.
Chris Dawson likely to die in jail
Child sexual abuse in any setting, however long ago, must never be ignored or go unpunished.
The final shame of an evil old man
This is it. The final, unsatisfying act in an almost unbelievable drama that opened 43 years ago on the playground of a public high school on Sydney’s sun-kissed northern beaches.
Dawson’s ‘rollercoaster’ life behind bars
Grey and shrunken, the killer who once dazzled, manipulated and exploited a vulnerable schoolgirl tells his sentencing hearing he has support inside Long Bay jail.
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.
Dawson’s jail time extended for three years
Wife killer Chris Dawson will spend an extra three years in prison, commencing August 30, 2039, for a carnal knowledge offence committed against a 16yo schoolgirl.
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.
In a sentence, Dawson saga not over yet
Former schoolgirl details a litany of alleged abuse, grooming behaviours and ‘sexually perverted activities’ from when she was a 16-year-old student and Chris Dawson her teacher.
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.
Dawson’s twin ‘had sex with me as a teen’
Paul Dawson is facing serious allegations of having sex with underage girls, after one of his former students claimed he took advantage of her.
Revealed: All the secrets of The Teacher’s Pet
Hedley Thomas still has the first notebook he ever used to take notes about Chris Dawson. He will tell the whole story in a new book.
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