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

Hit podcast examines Chris Dawson’s extra-marital affair with teen student and 1982 disappearance of wife Lynette Dawson

The Guardian - AU

The four lies Chris Dawson told that landed him behind bars for murdering his wife Lynette

It was one of Australia's most high-profile murder cases and took more than 40 years to solve. These are the four lies Chris Dawson told that, eventually, meant he was jailed for murder.

ABC News

'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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

The Loop: Chris Dawson likely to appeal murder conviction, Queensland plane crash victims named, and squashing a world record in a pumpkin boat

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Subject of Australia's 'Teacher's Pet' podcast found guilty of 1982 murder

An Australian court on Tuesday found the former high school teacher who was the subject of the hit podcast "The Teacher's Pet" guilty of murdering his wife 40 years ago, after public attention triggered renewed interest in the case.

Reuters

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

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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

The Guardian - AU

Terror-linked student seeks more freedom

A Sydney university student with terrorist links is seeking to amend his supervision orders in the NSW Supreme Court to allow for more travel freedoms.

AAP

Judge to deliver Dawson verdict ASAP

The judge overseeing the long-running murder trial of Chris Dawson says he will attempt to deliver the final verdict in the case relatively quickly.

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Dumfries and Galloway farm worker Kenny Irving looks back on his life

Kenny works at Douganhill and has a huge love of angling

Daily Record

Chris Dawson still loved his wife Lynette while in 'relationship' with babysitter, murder trial told

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson continued to love his wife before she vanished while also having a "relationship" with the family's teenage babysitter, a judge is told.

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Beach coming to Newark in Nottinghamshire in bid to boost footfall

"It will be lovely to see the joy on the faces of young and old alike"

Nottingham Post

Lyn Dawson set husband up, court told

Lynette Dawson deliberately left home without taking any belongings to make it look like she was killed by her husband, a court has heard.

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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.

AAP

Murder mural painted against Chris Dawson

Crown prosecutors have described how bruises seen on Lyn Dawson before she disappeared were one piece of a larger picture showing she was killed by her husband.

ABC News

Former police officer denies he had agenda to prove Chris Dawson murdered his wife

A former police officer tells the murder trial of Chris Dawson he did not deliberately discard evidence from people he interviewed about possible sightings of Lynette Dawson after she went missing.

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Affair led Dawson to kill wife: Crown

Former rugby league player Chris Dawson killed his wife in 1982 to have an unfettered relationship with one of his students, a judge has heard.

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Bill Spedding has made his case for malicious prosecution, now he waits for a judge's decision

He was outed and then cleared as a suspect in William Tyrrell's disappearance — now Bill Spedding is waiting to see if he has proved police maliciously prosecuted him during the investigation.

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Chris Dawson's legal team to apply for judge-alone trial, court hears

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson's legal team foreshadows an application for a judge-alone trial next month. The 73-year-old denies murdering his wife Lynette in 1982.

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