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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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The Teacher’s Pet podcast: husband guilty of murder in four decade-old Australian cold case

Christopher Dawson and Lynette Dawson
Christopher Dawson has been found guilty of the 1982 murder of his wife Lynette Dawson. An Australian true crime podcast ‘Teacher’s Pet’ sparked renewed public interest in the case. Photograph: Supplied

An Australian former teacher who was the subject of an investigation by a wildly popular true crime podcast has been found guilty of the 1982 killing of his wife.

The New South Wales supreme court on Tuesday found Christopher Dawson, 74, guilty of murdering his former wife Lynette Dawson, who he had wanted to leave so that he could pursue an uninterrupted relationship with a teenage schoolgirl known in the trial as JC. Dawson pleaded not guilty and has always maintained his innocence.

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