Lynette Dawson’s elder daughter,sister and brother have delivered victim impact statements at Chris Dawson’s sentence hearing for her murder in January 1982.
Shanelle Dawson,the daughter of convicted murderer Chris Dawson,has spoken about what she saw on the night of Lynette Dawson’s disappearance.
Experts warn the “no body,no parole” law may result in little more than false hope for families.
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.
Host of The Teacher’s Pet podcast Hedley Thomas says there is no guarantee cold cases will go to trial “in the absence of journalistic scrutiny”.
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.