BREAKING: Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson has been committed to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Lynette, almost 40 years ago.
Dawson will face trial the Supreme Court later this year after being committed by magistrate Jacqueline Trad in the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.After Dawson was told he would face a jury over the alleged murder of Lynette Dawson in January 1982, his brother-in-law, Ross Hutcheon, told the court he saw her alive later that year.
Mr Hutcheon said he was well acquainted with Lynette Dawson after she and her husband came to live with him for three months while their house was being built.
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