Lynette Joy Simms’ disappearance in 1982 became one of Sydney’s most enduring mysteries. Decades later,her husband was convicted of her murder.
On March 27,1982,a 15-word ad appeared in a Sydney newspaper,urging “Lyn” to call “Chris”. The author had already murdered her,a judge found.
A top prosecutor has told Chris Dawson’s murder appeal the convicted wife killer appeared to show a “complete lack of sentiment towards his own children”.
Convicted killer Chris Dawson,whose appeal is before the courts,claimed his wife never returned after he dropped her at a bus stop. A top judge has asked a pointed question.
The convicted killer claimed his wife called him at Northbridge Baths and told him that she needed “time away”. Within days,his daughters’ babysitter moved in.
The convicted killer has asked the state’s top criminal appeal court to overturn his conviction for the murder of his wife Lynette Simms,who vanished in 1982.
Dawson groomed and sexually abused a 16-year-old girl he met while teaching at a Sydney high school in the 1980s. He was found guilty in June in the NSW District Court.
The woman alleges the NSW education department failed to protect her from being groomed by her teacher.
Paul Dawson,the twin brother of convicted murderer and child sex offender Chris Dawson,has been accused of having sex with a student in the 1980s.
Dawson,who was convicted last year of killing his wife,faced a judge-alone trial in the NSW District Court on a charge of carnal knowledge of a student.
The 74-year-old former teacher is on trial in the NSW District Court after pleading not guilty to carnal knowledge of a student under the age of 17.