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Former high school teacher and rugby league player Chris Dawson has been unsuccessful in his appeal against his murder conviction.
In August 2022, Chris Dawson was found guilty of his first wife’s murder.
His first wife Lynette Dawson (nee Simms) went missing in 1982, and has not been found since. She left behind their two young daughters Shanelle and Sherryn, then aged four and two.
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In August, Former Sydney schoolteacher and rugby league star Chris Dawson was found guilty of murdering his first wife Lynette Dawson following a long judge-only trial.
Chris Dawson was yesterday sentenced to 24 years in prison for this crime.
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Former high school teacher and rugby league player Chris Dawson yesterday was refused leave to appeal against the NSW Court of Appeal’s refusal to grant a permanent stay of his murder charge.
Dawson is accused of having murdered his wife Lynette Dawson 40 years ago. Lynette, 33, disappeared from their Bayview home on Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982, leaving behind their two young daughters Shanelle and Sherryn, then aged four and two.
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Nearly 40 years ago, Lynette Dawson mysteriously vanished. Yesterday, her husband Chris Dawson was committed to stand trial for her murder. Continue reading “Chris Dawson to stand trial for wife’s alleged murder”
