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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.

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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

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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.

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Chris Dawson Has Been Found Guilty Of Murdering His Wife Lynette Hedley Thomas Go Off

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Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in Sydney 40 years ago

Supreme court verdict in case that was the subject of popular Teacher’s Pet podcast will be appealed, Dawson’s lawyer says

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Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering ex-wife Lynette in The Teacher’s Pet trial: as it happened

Former high school teacher Chris Dawson is found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette more than four decades after she was last seen on Sydney’s northern beaches. See how the day unfolded.

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Chris Dawson days away from verdict in Lynette Dawson murder trial

The former Sydney teacher's trial in the NSW Supreme Court this year was the culmination of years of questions and speculation about the whereabouts of his first wife, Lynette.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chris Dawson murder trial hears theory that wife Lynette may have died at sea

Chris Dawson's lawyer tells a judge her client's first wife may have abandoned her family and subsequently met with misadventure, evoking the disappearance of former prime minister Harold Holt.

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Chris Dawson used 'window of quiet seclusion' to dispose of murdered wife's body, court told

A court is told former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson allegedly used an "engineered window of quiet seclusion" to dispose of his murdered wife's body after four separate plans to leave her failed.

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Lyn Dawson set husband up, court told

Lynette Dawson deliberately left home without taking any belongings to make it look like she was killed by her husband, a court has heard.

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Journalist Hedley Thomas could have made inappropriate commentary about Lynette Dawson's disappearance, court hears

Chris Dawson's barrister accuses the journalist behind the Teacher's Pet podcast of providing inappropriate media commentary about the case in contempt of the Supreme Court.

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Murder mural painted against Chris Dawson

Crown prosecutors have described how bruises seen on Lyn Dawson before she disappeared were one piece of a larger picture showing she was killed by her husband.

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Creator of Teacher's Pet podcast tells court he thought it 'likely' Chris Dawson murdered his wife

Journalist Hedley Thomas tells a court he thought it was "likely" Chris Dawson was a murderer, but that his own opinions did not form part of his podcast, which has been downloaded about 60 million times.

AAP

Dawson evidence dark and dingy, judge says

The judge overseeing Chris Dawson's murder trial has asked for assistance in dealing with the case's "dark and dingy" evidence.

AAP

Murder probe halted by Lyn Dawson sighting

A possible sighting of Lynette Dawson after her 1982 disappearance led to police suspending their homicide investigation over a decade later.

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Detective on Chris Dawson case wanted to prove 'something sinister' had happened, court told

The defence in Chris Dawson's murder trial says a detective investigating the case was "incapable" of considering any evidence that did not support the theory that their client murdered his first wife.

AAP

No records showing Lyn Dawson alive

A former detective investigating the 1982 disappearance of Lynette Dawson has said he could not find any records showing she was alive.

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