Image: AAP. There's a reason why the Australian podcast "The Teacher's Pet" has been a hit around the world. In 1999, the file was assigned to police officer Damian Loone, who conducted extensive interviews with Joanne Curtis and her parents as well as Lynette Dawsons parents and friends. Even as it went to trial, there were doubts a murder conviction could be reached. "I'm absolutely elated at the outcome but I'm still coming to terms with it," explains Pat, who watched the verdict at home with her daughter and twin sons, the four of them jumping up and down and hugging each other when Chris Dawson was pronounced guilty. These are the four lies Chris Dawson told that, eventually, meant he was jailed for murder. Two prison officers entered the room and handcuffed him. Lawyers for Dawson said Harrison could not make this finding beyond reasonable doubt, in part because the police had failed to properly investigate reported sightings of Lynette Dawson, and also as the alleged motive for murder did not make sense because killing his wife would only create more problems for Dawson. , updated Following his client's conviction, Mr Walsh said that Dawson maintained his innocence and would be appealing the guilty verdict. He finalised divorce proceedings against Lynette in 1983, and married Curtis the following year. Meanwhile Lyn's family and work friends were growing more anxious by the police dismissal of Lyn as a missing person. "His reliance on his lies it was just expanding all the time. "We'd like to remember those who loved Lyn but who . "Maybe we were gullible, we wish we would have done more.". Mr Dawson claimed that while watching an episode of Antiques Roadshow from 2006, he saw a woman who he believed to be Lyn. Through that battle, these women have lost even more. "And Hedley came forward and saw my sister, Pat, and said he wanted to do a podcast. "We were on the verge of just saying, look, we've been looking for answers for Lyn for so many years, maybe we should just let it lie now," Greg says. None of the circumstances considered alone can establish Mr Dawsons guilt, the judge said. This is what Curtis revealed in 2003 about her life with Chris Dawson, before and after Lyn's disappearance. When both twins moved to the Gold Coast, Chris with JC as his new wife, the twins built houses 500m metres from one another behind wire fences, each with a swimming pool and tennis court. Forget turnipsnow eat SQUIRREL! Her sister Sherryn has always supported their father's innocence, despite the fact that little is known about her personal life. That man was Hedley Thomas, an award-winning investigative journalist of the Sydney-based newspaper The Australian. Marilyn described the very close relationship Paul and Chris Dawson had, wearing the same or matching clothes, having the same favourite drink, Coca Cola, living in the same house as they built new houses in the same street, 400m from each other. Their emotion is palpable and the extent of it is difficult to comprehend. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Chris was careful in his initial reporting, denying that anything tragic had happened to his wife. The judge saying, 'Mr Dawson, you have to go now'. And then there were Dawson's lies. When JC tried to leave him, Dawson became so "distressed, frustrated and ultimately overwhelmed" that he resolved to kill his wife to get her out of the picture. He tried convincing his wife to let the girl move into their home for the remainder of her schooling, saying she came from a broken home and had a violent stepfather. In a statement to police, Chris suggested that she had joined a religious organisation. The second time I saw him being extremely violent towards her near the bedroom door and that just shattered me. For the latest information, searchABC Emergency, For the latestweather warnings in the Northern Territory, search onABC Emergency, Follow the action from the third Test between India and Australia in Delhi in our live blog. Ups and downs have been a constant companion during the family's decades-long search for answers about what happened to Lyn. Shanelle finally shared her side of the story in an explosive 60 Minutes interview and others involved are also now speaking. Instead, he insisted that she had run off to join a religious group following arguments about her spending habits. JC and her daughter attended her performances every week and the little girl even had her own mini gumnut fairy costume made. Its a perception she struggles to reconcile with the scrutiny on his potential role in her mothers murder. She said she was moved into the Dawson family home in January 1982 where she was treated as a housekeeper, babysitter and sex slave. But he also cautioned against making general gender-based assumptions that Lynette Dawson had not left simply because she was a mother and that women are somehow expected to abide by a higher standard. Harrison said that while it was often immaterial when a particular offence occurred, in this case it was an indispensable link in the chain of reasoning upon which the Crown relies. Lynette Dawson was a Sydney wife and mother who went missing under mysterious circumstances. 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Justice Harrison identified four deceptions in Dawson's defence which "demonstrated a guilty conscience", particularly Dawson's claims Lyn called him repeatedly after she went missing. Barbara Cruise, the owner of the childcare centre where Lyn worked as a registered nurse, believes police were blinded by Dawson's "celebrity". 'I remember it very clearly because it was so odd.' But for the people who loved her - her daughters Shanelle and Sherryn, her sister Pat, her brothers Greg and Phil, her niece Renee, her friends - today's verdict will bring something beyond the satisfying conclusion to an intriguing zeitgeist plot point. Because for them, Lynette is more than a mystery to be solved, more than a smiling face in an old photograph. "That door closing was so final," adds Merilyn. Chris began teaching physical education at Cromer High School in this year. It was published in 2018, at the same time as NSW police were again investigating Lynette Dawsons disappearance. He also homed in on what he suggested were serious errors in the police investigation of the case, and the failure of the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge Dawson despite two separate inquest findings that he had been responsible for the death of Lynette Dawson. Helena was there. Bev firmly believes Lyn did not choose to leave. Ms Hardiman said she had subsequently phoned the Dawson house in mid-January to speak with Lyn about the completed sketches, Chris Dawson answered the phone. Chris was a popular high school PE teacher and talented sportsman. They were everything to her. On the morning of January 8, 1982, Dawsons mother called to plan an outing to the Northbridge Baths, a local beach on the Sydney Harbor. But Shanelle spoke fondly of her father, saying he was fun. Centre: The pair attend the Mackie Ball at the Trocadero in 1966. Lynette Joy Dawson (born 1948) was an Australian missing person who disappeared on 9 January 1982, leaving two daughters and her husband, former rugby league footballer Chris Dawson. The coroner recommended charges be laid; however Nicholas Cowdery QC, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, assessed that there was insufficient evidence for a criminal conviction. YouTubeChris Dawson and his twin brother Paul posing for a Levis ad. Yet theres still that part of me that really loves my dad, and feels protective of him.. And then they took him towards the doors at the back of the dock.". It does happen, argued Chris lawyer Greg Walsh. Unlike when a jury delivers a verdict, Harrison was also required to outline the reasons for his decision on Tuesday. ChrisDawson, 73, is accused of killing his wife Lynette Dawson and disposing of her body in January 1982 so he could have an unfettered relationship with one of his former students, known as JC, while holding onto assets including the family home in Bayview, Sydney. "Nanna, Pa, we did it we never gave up," echoes Merilyn. This inquest determined that despite the lack of a body, it was likely that Lynette Dawson was dead and had been killed by a known person, heavily implying it was her cheating husband Chris, against whom they recommended charges should be pressed. The Project has apologised after a comedians joke about Jesus on Tuesday nights show led to calls for the programme to be cancelled. According to ACA former students allege there was group of at least six teachers who slept with teenage girls. How A Podcast May Have Solved The Lynette Dawson Disappearance 36 Years Later. They were both colour blind, played football together, both became PE teachers - and their wives even had the same baby doctor, 'Dr John Murray our obstetrician'. "We've always remembered Lyn with such love. Doting mother-of-two Lyn Dawson went missing from her northern beaches home in January 1982, then 33-years-old. Dawson, 74, was found guilty of murdering his first wife Lynette Dawson on Tuesday and was sent to Silverwater Jail in Sydney to await sentencing. The artist who drew the portraits,Kristin Hardiman, told the court that Lyn 'was very excited' about the portraits after approaching her at the 1981 Christmas fair at Narrabeen High School. Walsh also suggested his client would appeal Tuesdays verdict. Harrison dismissed several reported sightings of Lynette Dawson which occurred after 8 January 1982. Independent Allegra Spender has labelled a regular part of Australian political life as a waste of taxpayers money. [4], In April 2018, following extensive investigations, NSW Police requested the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to review its brief of evidence. In 1981, Joanne, pictured centre, moved in with the Dawsons at Bayview. The couple ended up in marriage counselling. You might vaguely remember, instead, that podcast, and the journalist who caught a killer. Lyn Dawson was a devoted young mother with a seemingly perfect marriage to a glamorous, high profile football star and two daughters she adored. Or maybe you will, for just a second. He dismissed claims Lynette Dawson had been seen alive after January 1982 or that she had contacted her husband. It is almost 20 years since ABC's Australian Story first spoke to the family and friends of former nurse and childcare worker Lyn Dawson, a much-loved mother-of-two who vanished from her home on Sydney's northern beaches in suspicious circumstances in January 1982. There were gasps in the courtroom the moment the verdict was handed down - following some 4.5 hours of the judge reading out his reasons - with Dawson shaking his head very slightly and his twin brother Paul muttering 'bulls***'. Harrison said the prosecution had provided multiple reasons to explain the unlikelihood that Lynette Dawson had done this, and he had found them strongly persuasive when considered together. Dawson claims JC's allegations are lies spurred by a bitter custody battle which occurred after their 1990 break-up. Dawson, 73, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Lynette in Sydney's Northern Beaches suburb in January 1982. The mother-of-two abruptly vanished from her Sydney Northern Beaches home almost 40 years ago in January 1982. Born in 1948, the 33-year-old Lynette Joy Dawson vanished into thin air on January 9, 1982. Then, in May 2018, a month after Australian prosecutors began to review the case, Thomas shocked the world by debuting a podcast titled The Teachers Pet. ', Shanelle was just four-years-old when her mother Lyn (pictured with Chris Dawson) vanished. The court also heard on Wednesday a taped phone conversation between Marilyn Dawson and the twins' parents, Joan and Sid. January 1982 - Lynette "Lyn" Dawson, 33, disappears from her home at Bayview on Sydney's northern beaches, leaving behind two young daughters. Dawson, 74, faced a judge-alone trial during which his lawyers argued it was possible Lynette abandoned her young daughters and the family's Bayview home in January 1982. [4], Lynette was phoned by her mother on 8 January 1982, the last time they would communicate with each other. I really hope they have been able to establish their own families outside this drama to lean on now. Clothed in pink, Lyn's favourite colour, they place a bouquet of pink flowers on a bench near the ocean, situated less than 100 metres from the Simms family home where Lyn, Greg and their siblings Patand Philip spent their carefree childhood years. Though she hadnt been seen at the beach or even leaving for it, and despite the fact that she couldnt be reached by phone, Lynette Dawson was not reported missing. Marilyn said in the phone conversation that Chris Dawson ws 'not capable' of killing Lyn Dawson and that he was an 'upstanding citizen who work hard, lives well, is very kind to his family and hes respectful'. Lyn's family and close friends are acutely aware of the legions of people who have followed the story for years, desperately hoping justice would prevail for the much-loved woman who was diminished and dismissed by her husband even before he killed her. How was Chris Dawson found guilty of murder without 'a skerrick' of scientific or forensic evidence? A pink cardigan and a wrapper dated 1981 were discovered, but nothing related to Lynette Dawsons disappearance was found. The affair continued for approximately a year and reached its pinnacle when Curtis moved into the Dawson family home on January 11, 1982 just two days after Lynette Dawson went missing. Greg remarks that he has goosebumps. 22/29 In 1980, Chris began a secret affair with Joanne Curtis, 16, his student, soon after introducing her to his family as the babysitter. In 1980, Chris began a relationship with his 16-year-old Cromer High School student Joanne Curtis. Journalist Hedley Thomas, centre, with Lynette Dawsons brother Greg Simms and his wife Merilyn outside the NSW supreme court after the guilty verdict was handed down. In January 1982, a small neighborhood in Sydney, Australia was devastated by the disappearance of doting wife and mother Lynette Dawson. There is huge conflict in that. This time, testimony was given by several people of interest, including Joanne Curtis and Lynette Dawsons family. [21], On 30 August 2022, Justice Harrison took five hours to deliver his reasons for finding Dawson guilty. Michelle Lynn Monaghan (/ m n h n / MON--hn; born March 23, 1976) is an American actress. Now this is all over, that's the main memory we're going to have of Lyn her caring, loving nature.". Outside court, Lynettes brother, Greg Simms, called on Dawson to reveal where her body was buried. [22] Harrison rejected the alleged sightings of Lynette as "wholly unreliable", and found there was a "most compelling body of evidence" to reject the hypothesis that Lynette Dawson abandoned her family. They were married in 1970 at St Jude's Church, Randwick, in Sydney[4][5] and later had two children. It was one of Australia's most high-profile murder cases and took more than 40 years to solve. I thought he was going to wipe the glass with it, but he didnt. Yet, once again, nothing actually came of it. She would never have left those children on her own accord, she said. His Honour said Dawson was motivated by his obsessive infatuation with schoolgirl babysitter JC, with the fear of losing her and clearing the impediment that his wife Lyn represented, as well as not losing hold of his assets as would happen in a divorce. Australian Story first covered the story of Lyn Dawson nearly 20 years ago. 'I think she was deeply hurt and struggling and I tried to boost her up and say "come on you need to fight".'. Len Dawson, who led the Kansas City Chiefs to a victory in Super Bowl IV, passed away at 87 years old, his family announced on Wednesday. Dawson was elected into the Hall of Fame as both . In the four decades following the strange disappearance of Lynette Dawson, several smaller investigations into the case have taken place. Some time later, Ms Hardiman went to the police about Lyn's disappearance. Just 24 hours earlier, the Simms family were left stunned when Justice Ian Harrison SC confirmed what they had long suspected that Greg's sister Lynette Dawson, who disappeared 40 years ago, had been murdered by her husband Chris Dawson. On the surface, the event was puzzling. The case had previously exploded into the public spotlight after it was featured in a hit true-crime podcast. '(JC"s daughter) was scared of her, (JC) found it quite traumatic. It is an enormous moment for a family who have spent the past four decades searching for answers, certain that Lyn would never have left the two young daughters she loved so dearly. Harrison said his findings had been fortified by the lies Dawson told after his wife was murdered, which he grouped into four categories: those Dawson told JC and others about their relationship; claims he wanted to continue his marriage with Lynette Dawson; lies he told which suggested she was still alive; and those which suggested she may have left their home of her own accord. Erin Molan awarded $150,000 damages after winning defamation case against Daily Mail Australia, Grace Tame alleges threats and harassment on social media came from her abuser, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Today, he awaits his trial at home, after being released on bail. The podcast reviewed all of the information that had turned up over the years and pieced it together with new witnesses and theories. There was always something ahead with Lyn's case but now there's nothing else to wait for. Dawson would find custody difficult, Walsh said, partly because he had been diagnosed with dementia that could be linked to his past rugby league career. Everything in the house had to be perfect because she never wanted to upset him, Bev told 60 Minutes. 1981: Lyn tells her friend from work, Anna Grantham, that Chris has allegedly been violent towards her, including one occasion where her pulled her hair and shoved her face into the mud next to the pool, leaving her gasping for air. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/lyn-dawsons-family-will-never-forgive-chris-dawson-over-murder/101391012, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app. A friend of Joannes, Michelle Walsh, told A Current Affair her friend believed Chris had killed Lyn. Missed birthdays and anniversaries. [9] She planned to meet her mother and family at Northbridge Baths the following day, but never arrived. That makes it very weak, he said. "We did it, Lyn," whispers Greg. In 1990, the pair split up. "It was interesting to me to see how he pared down a very large case into something relatively simple," Mr Whealy says. She was scared for herself and her daughter and she was going to the police to inform them that, you know, she believed that he killed Lyn.. Chris later claimed he dropped her off at a bus stop in Mona Vale, and that she called him later in the day saying she needed time to herself. He was a teacher in the local community. Dawson was charged with murder in December 2018 and extradited to Sydney from his home on the Gold Coast. At the first inquest held in February 2001, the Deputy State Coroner Jan Stevenson determined that Lynette had been murdered and that her killer was someone she knew. 'He's had to pay maintenance to (JC) for eight years, on your theory he should have knocked off his second wife too he should have killed (JC) too,' Marilyn told Joan she'd said to police. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Verdict that took five hours to be delivered ended a 40-year wait for justice, The Teachers Pet: hit podcast thrust Lynette Dawsons 1982 disappearance into the spotlight. In the late 1950s, she went missing for several years. "He was on television ads. "[18] The trial before Justice Ian Harrison began on 9 May and ran for 10 weeks, concluding on 11 July. In a marathon five-hour hearing, Justice Harrison laid out in painstaking detail the evidence persuading him that the 74-year-old former rugby league star and high school teacher had killed Lynette in January 1982 to have "unfettered" access to his teen lover, known to the court as JC. Both Chris and Paul are alleged to have regularly engaged in illicit sexual behavior with female students at their respective schools; Chris is further alleged to have been one of six male teachers who preyed on students at Cromer High School. "This story has gone worldwide and Lyn would be incredibly humbled by that," Merilyn says. He unsuccessfully argued all the way to the high court that there should be a permanent stay in the proceedings on the grounds that the alleged murder had occurred a substantial time ago, that there had been contamination of evidence and/or collusion between prosecution witnesses, and that the combination of these factors prejudiced his ability to defend the allegations. Most notably, just days after Lynette Dawsons disappearance, another woman moved into her house one who was decades younger and sleeping with her husband. In the podcast, Thomas alleged he had uncovered new evidence that indicated Dawson may have killed his wife in order to continue an affair with a former student. Over the years, two families have been at war over these different stories. Dawson, 74, had been accused of killing Lynette Dawson in 1982. Shanelle said her mother was rarely spoken about after her disappearance. 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