Five reasons Chris Dawson was found guilty of murder, according to the judgment

Justice Ian Harrison found Dawson was obsessed with the family’s babysitter, JC, and so distressed at the prospect of losing her that he ‘resolved to kill his wife’

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Chris Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Lynette Dawson, on or about 8 January 1982. Here are five of the reasons that Justice Ian Harrison said helped him reach that verdict.

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