BREAKING: After a two-month judge-only trial and years of speculation, Chris Dawson has been found GUILTY of murdering his wife Lynette 40 years ago. STORY:: 9News | WATCH LIVE 6pm
murdered his first wife Lynette so he could pursue a relationship with the family babysitter, a judge has found.
Justice Harrison said Dawson, now 74, was "obsessed" with the family babysitter, known as JC, and sought to replace his wife with her."I am left in no doubt. I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference Lynette Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982 as a result of conscious or voluntary act committed by Christopher Dawson," the judge said.
He also dismissed claims Mrs Dawson had been seen alive after January 1982 or that she had contacted her husband.
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