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Nearly two years after being found guilty of killing his wife to pursue a teenage student, Chris Dawson will have his chance to challenge the verdict in court. Justice Ian Harrison declared in August 2022 that Dawson murdered his wife and disposed of her body on January 9, 1982 because he was infatuated with the girl.
Chris Dawson bid for freedom. The 75-year-old will try to overturn the conviction during a three-day hearing in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal starting on Monday. If his bid fails, the former PE teacher and Newtown Jets rugby league player is likely to die in jail after being sentenced to a maximum prison term of 24 years. The jail stint will expire in August 2046 — when he would be aged in his mid-90s.
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