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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 · 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

The Teacher’s Pet: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette Dawson

A judge says he is satisfied Lynette Dawson died on or about January 8, 1982 as a result of a conscious and voluntary act by husband Chris Dawson with the intention of causing her death.

ABC News · Aug 30, 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

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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

Dawson allegations 'tailored' by lover

Evidence against Chris Dawson used in his murder trial had been tailored by his spurned teenage lover to create further suspicions, a judge has heard.

AAP · Jul 7, 2022