The Latest Breaking News from Ian Harrison

Dawson spends first night behind bars

Convicted murderer Chris Dawson has spent his first night in jail after being found guilty of killing his wife Lynette more than 40 years ago.

AAP · Aug 30, 2022

Five reasons Chris Dawson was found guilty of murder, according to the judgment

Justice Ian Harrison found Dawson was obsessed with the family’s babysitter JC and so distressed at the prospect of losing her he ‘resolved to kill his wife’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2022

Chris Dawson: Husband in case made famous by podcast found guilty of wife’s murder

Dawson now faces the possibility of a life sentence

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

'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 Conversation · Aug 30, 2022

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 · Aug 30, 2022

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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ABC News · Aug 30, 2022

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 · Aug 30, 2022

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

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2022

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 · Aug 30, 2022

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 · Aug 2, 2022