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Miklos Bolza

SHOCKING: Dawson in court days after guilty verdict - You Need To See This

Chris Dawson has been threatened in prison, his lawyer says. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Chris Dawson has been threatened in prison and is seeking special protection two days after being found guilty of his wife Lyn's murder 40 years ago, his lawyer says.

The 74-year-old former rugby league player faced the NSW Supreme Court in his prison greens on Thursday after a judge found he had killed his wife and disposed of her body in January 1982 because of an infatuation with the family babysitter.

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