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Miklos Bolza

'Possessive, obsessed' Dawson killed wife, court told

The crown prosecutor says the judge was right to find Chris Dawson guilty of murder. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Chris Dawson's possessiveness of his teenage babysitter meant his claims of innocence after being convicted of murdering his wife should be rejected, a court has been told.

The 75-year-old is trying to overturn an August 2022 NSW Supreme Court murder verdict by Justice Ian Harrison, who found the ex-teacher killed his wife Lynette and disposed of her body in January 1982.

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