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Husband found not guilty of 'brutal' wedding night rape

A man accused of a series of sexual assaults on his wedding night and honeymoon has been found not guilty on all charges in a Sydney court.

AAP · Jul 26, 2024

Baby with fractured skull and paraplegia: Dad's not guilty

He was a caring and patient partner and father: Judge.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 15, 2024

Cops 'totally appalling' investigating baby's injuries

A man has been found not guilty of inflicting severe injuries on his own daughter, after displaying "remarkable" temperance in the face of improper questioning.

AAP · Mar 15, 2024

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

Chris Dawson days away from verdict in Lynette Dawson murder trial

The former Sydney teacher's trial in the NSW Supreme Court this year was the culmination of years of questions and speculation about the whereabouts of his first wife, Lynette.

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Judge to hand down verdict in Chris Dawson murder trial this month

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson is weeks away from learning the verdict in his murder trial for the alleged murder of his wife, Lynette.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

Forty years after Lynette vanished this Sydney mystery could soon have some answers

Forty years after former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson's wife vanished, a judge is considering whether it was due to a cunningly planned murder, or a mother's decision to abandon her family.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Chris Dawson told his murder verdict will be handed down 'relatively quickly'

The judge presiding over Chris Dawson's trial says he will deliver his decision on whether the former school teacher killed his wife Lynette "relatively quickly" — but it won't be tomorrow.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jul 8, 2022

Dawson loved wife and mistress, court told

Chris Dawson could simultaneously love his wife and the teenage lover with whom he was having an affair, his murder trial has been told.

AAP · Jul 8, 2022