‘Pleasure to teach’:Secret message in Dawson’s report card comment,court hears

‘Pleasure to teach’:Secret message in Dawson’s report card comment,court hears

Convicted wife killer Chris Dawson allegedly alluded to a secret sexual relationship with a teenage girl in a comment on her school report card.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell

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Lynette Joy Simms case ‘kept open’ as Chris Dawson jailed for murder

Lynette Joy Simms case ‘kept open’ as Chris Dawson jailed for murder

The family of the 33-year-old,who was killed in Sydney in January 1982,want to do away with references to her marital name linking her to a man who “discarded her”.

  • bySarah McPhee
Chris Dawson sentencing LIVE updates:Lynette Dawson’s ex-husband jailed for minimum 18 years over murder

Chris Dawson sentencing LIVE updates:Lynette Dawson’s ex-husband jailed for minimum 18 years over murder

The 74-year-old has been sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court today for the murder of his wife Lynette in 1982. Her body has never been found.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andSarah McPhee
‘Self-indulgent brutality’:Chris Dawson jailed for 24 years for Lynette’s murder

‘Self-indulgent brutality’:Chris Dawson jailed for 24 years for Lynette’s murder

The 74-year-old was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday more than 40 years after his first wife vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches.

  • bySarah McPhee
Judgment day:Three key factors in the sentencing of Chris Dawson

Judgment day:Three key factors in the sentencing of Chris Dawson

Justice Ian Harrison will on Friday sentence the 74-year-old for the murder of his first wife Lynette Dawson,who vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in 1982.

  • bySarah McPhee
‘Please tell us where she is’:Daughter’s plea to Dawson in court

‘Please tell us where she is’:Daughter’s plea to Dawson in court

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.

  • bySarah McPhee
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Chris Dawson’s daughter opens up about her memories of Lynette’s disappearance

Chris Dawson’s daughter opens up about her memories of Lynette’s disappearance

Shanelle Dawson,the daughter of convicted murderer Chris Dawson,has spoken about what she saw on the night of Lynette Dawson’s disappearance.

  • byAbby Seaman
Lyn’s law:NSW to follow other states with ‘no body,no parole’ laws

Lyn’s law:NSW to follow other states with ‘no body,no parole’ laws

The NSW government will move to strengthen laws around parole for convicted murders who do not reveal the location of the remains their victim.

  • byAlexandra Smith andLucy Cormack
‘No word from LYN!’:The extraordinary diary that helped convict Lynette Dawson’s killer

‘No word from LYN!’:The extraordinary diary that helped convict Lynette Dawson’s killer

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.

  • byHarriet Alexander andSarah McPhee
Chris Dawson facing ‘constant threats against his life’ in jail,court told

Chris Dawson facing ‘constant threats against his life’ in jail,court told

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.

  • bySarah McPhee
Lynette Dawson ‘still missing’:family,police hold hope of finding remains

Lynette Dawson ‘still missing’:family,police hold hope of finding remains

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.

  • bySarah McPhee andJenny Noyes