Shanelle Dawson,the daughter of convicted murderer Chris Dawson,has spoken about what she saw on the night of Lynette Dawson’s disappearance.
The NSW government will move to strengthen laws around parole for convicted murders who do not reveal the location of the remains their victim.
Lynette Dawson’s mother asked that her diaries be destroyed when she died. She had no way of knowing how critical they would become 20 years later.
Chris Dawson appeared in person in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday,wearing his prison-issue dark green tracksuit as a sentence hearing date was set.
A chapter closed on Lynette Dawson’s story on Tuesday when her husband was found guilty of murder,but her family hope to one day be able to write the epilogue.
Dawson’s solicitor Greg Walsh,who is considering applying for bail after his client was convicted of murder and handcuffed,said the 74-year-old has dementia.
Chris Dawson made several attempts to move in with his teenage lover. When they failed,he killed his wife Lynette.
Lynette Dawson’s family has issued a plea for Chris Dawson to reveal the location of her body,after a judge found him guilty of her murder in January 1982.
The judge delivered his verdict in Dawson’s high-profile case on Tuesday,convicting the 74-year-old former Sydney teacher and Newtown Jets player of murder.
Justice Ian Harrison will decide whether Chris Dawson is guilty of murdering his wife Lynette Dawson,who vanished in 1982.
Chris Dawson tried to get out of his marriage and have a relationship with the babysitter before “ultimately deciding” to murder his wife,a prosecutor alleges.