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Supreme Court publishes messages between Sofronoff and News Corp

Texts and emails between Sofronoff and The Australian revealed.

The Canberra Times

'I hope I've honoured you well': Shanelle Dawson reclaims her mother's story in one of two new books on Lyn Dawson

When Shanelle Dawson was just four years old, her parents were at the centre of a suburban tragedy when Lyn Dawson suddenly went missing. Her mother’s disappearance would not be classified as murder until 2001, with her father eventually held responsible for the crime in 2022.

The Conversation

Walter Sofronoff cancels Queensland Media Club event discussing ‘presumption of innocence’

Head of ACT inquiry was scheduled to front ‘Politics, journalism and social media v The presumption of innocence’ event alongside News Corp journalist

The Guardian - AU

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‘There are so many unsolved murders’: the true-crime podcasters reviving cold cases

Mandy Matney’s Murdaugh Murders and Hedley Thomas’s The Teacher’s Pet have recently seen the subjects of their investigations jailed. But why are podcasts doing the work of police, and can the legal system keep up?

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer series is the latest true crime show to fail victims

“It’s sad that they’re just making money off this tragedy. That’s just greed”.

Evening Standard

Not just morbid interest: True-crime podcasts can bring elusive justice

Several high profile true-crime podcasts have helped spark renewed investigations and inquiries into murder convictions and cold cases.

The New Daily

True crime podcasts - a legal minefield

Podcasters can solve cold cases, but if they're not careful, they could face their own day in court.

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Australian Story journalist Wendy Page on 20 years reporting on the mystery of what happened to Lynette Dawson

While producing three programs about the disappearance of Lyn Dawson, Wendy Page spoke to a wide range of people connected to the case — family, friends, Chris Dawson and his teenage lover.

ABC News

Lyn Dawson's family says they will 'never forgive' former husband Chris Dawson over lies, murder

Lyn Dawson was missing for 40 years but her brother and sister never gave up hope. ABC's Australian Story goes behind the scenes as her siblings prepared for the outcome of her husband Chris Dawson's murder trial and digest the guilty verdict.

ABC News

For Lynette: Hunter family fights for a law and legacy in the wake of killer Chris Dawson's sentence

Lake Macquarie's Greg Simms has spoken of his family's 'comfort' after Chris Dawson was this week convicted of the murder of his sister Lynette

Newcastle Herald

The Teacher’s Pet podcast likely turbocharged the wheels of justice, but judges don’t approve

There were teams of investigating police looking at the Dawson case from at least 2015. If anything, it appears the media were responsible for applying a bit of gas

The Guardian - AU

Chris Dawson verdict a big moment for the Australian’s podcast, but redundancies thin ranks

Swathes of national broadsheet devoted to covering guilty verdict in Teacher’s Pet case, while behind the scenes many staff packed up their desks. Plus: date night for Morrison and Murray

The Guardian - AU

Lynette Dawson’s Family Hedley Thomas Speak Out After Chris Dawson’s Guilty Murder Verdict

The niece of Lynette Dawson and The Teacher's Pet host Hedley Thomas have spoken out about Chris Dawson's guilty murder verdict.

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Justice and progress for women: the Chris Dawson guilty verdict gives Australia reasons to hope

The story of Lynette Dawson’s murder is notable not merely because it is sensationally grisly and impossibly sad

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Daily Mirror

Teacher's Pet Killer: Chilling 'long lost' handwritten note that led police to murderer

Former Rugby league star Chris Dawson was first accused of killing his ex-wife Lynette Dawson at the home they once shared in Sydney's Northern Beaches in 1982

The Guardian - AU

Chris Dawson’s verdict took five hours to be delivered, ending a 40-year wait for justice

Teacher’s Pet podcast lingered in the background of murder trial that featured remarkable evidence despite there being no crime scene and no body

The Conversation

'A clear victory for dogged investigative journalism': Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in 1982

In December 2018, former professional rugby league player and high school teacher Chris Dawson, then aged 70, was arrested and charged with murdering his wife Lynette almost forty years previously.

The Guardian - AU

The Teacher’s Pet: hit podcast thrust Lynette Dawson’s 1982 disappearance into the spotlight

Hedley Thomas’s true-crime series about a Sydney teacher and his wife captured the world’s attention and paved the way for a murder trial

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Evening Standard

Teacher’s Pet: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife in 1982 and hiding her body

Chris Dawson faces dying behind bars after being found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette 40 years ago at their Sydney home

Pedestrian.tv

Chris Dawson Has Been Found Guilty Of Murdering His Wife Lynette Hedley Thomas Go Off

FINALLY.

The Guardian - AU

Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in Sydney 40 years ago

Supreme court verdict in case that was the subject of popular Teacher’s Pet podcast will be appealed, Dawson’s lawyer says

ABC News

Journalist Hedley Thomas could have made inappropriate commentary about Lynette Dawson's disappearance, court hears

Chris Dawson's barrister accuses the journalist behind the Teacher's Pet podcast of providing inappropriate media commentary about the case in contempt of the Supreme Court.

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Reporter denies enticing Dawson witnesses

Hedley Thomas, the journalist behind The Teacher’s Pet podcast, has denied using movie deals to influence potential witnesses in Chris Dawson’s murder trial.

ABC News

The Loop: Concerns over Boeing's 737 MAX, bleak data on Australia's gender pay gap, and what the ATO is cracking down on at tax time

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ABC News

Creator of Teacher's Pet podcast tells court he thought it 'likely' Chris Dawson murdered his wife

Journalist Hedley Thomas tells a court he thought it was "likely" Chris Dawson was a murderer, but that his own opinions did not form part of his podcast, which has been downloaded about 60 million times.

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