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Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia This fascination has followed Lynette's daughters throughout their lives, on first a small, and then a global scale, and it's coloured every aspect of the lives they've built in its shadow, and will go on tolive from here. '(He) said she'd gone away and doesn't want them anymore. The absence of her mother left Shanelle feeling abandoned and confused for much of her life. The family's babysitter, a schoolgirl who can only be identified as JC, moves into the home within days. 7:11AM November 11, 2022 Until Thursday, we had only seen Shanelle Dawson - daughter of convicted wife killer Chris Dawson - as a happy little child, a carefree innocent spirit in family photographs projected on courtroom screens during her father's murder trial earlier this year. For more than a month, Curtis lived in the Dawson family home with Chris and his two young daughters (before long there would be three, the youngest mothered by Curtis herself). There is huge conflict in that. Harrison said Dawson "lied" about receiving phone calls from his missing wife, and concluded she died on or around January 8, 1982. Lyn Dawson is a Sydney housewife who vanished 36 years ago after discovering that her teacher husband had been having an affair with a pupil. Picture: Simms family 5/29. Its a perception she struggles to reconcile with the scrutiny on his potential role in her mothers murder. "And the suspicions I'd had in relation to not seeing my sister again had come to fruition really, and I knew then that I would never see my sister again.". They were everything to her. Lyn did not leave her family, her friends or her daughters and was in fact murdered by the one person she trusted most. She would even wear Lyns jewellery and her clothes. Following his client's conviction, Mr Walsh said that Dawson maintained his innocence and would be appealing the guilty verdict. 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. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. For the next 13 years, not much headway was made in the case. Christopher Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his former wife four decades ago on Sydney's northern beaches. In a statement to police, Chris suggested that she had joined a religious organisation. "That beautiful picture just showed what sort of person she was. Harrison accepted that Dawson had become infatuated with JC before she left Cromer high school. Chris was a popular high school PE teacher and talented sportsman. He turned her young daughters memories against her - tarring her as a cowardly, unloving mother who just "went away". A lot of teachers said to me, once theyre legal, theyre fair game, former classmate Phil Webster said. Harrison had presided over the matter after Dawson successfully applied for a judge-only trial. But when regard is had to their combined force, I am left in no doubt. YouTubeChris Dawson and his twin brother Paul posing for a Levis ad. It was published in 2018, at the same time as NSW police were again investigating Lynette Dawsons disappearance. In 1980, Chris began a relationship with his 16-year-old Cromer High School student Joanne Curtis. 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. Her husband Chris Dawson was suspected of killing. When journalist Hedley Thomas transfixed by the story since he'd first covered the coronial inquests published the hit podcast The Teacher's Pet in 2018, public interest reached fever pitch. "Chris Dawson's case was, I think from the outset, quite a difficult one," says Anthony Whealy, QC, the former NSW Supreme Court judge, who presided over the 2010 jury trial of Keli Lane, which saw the mother convicted of her baby's murder in the absence of a body. Despite two coronial inquests in 2001 and 2003 finding that charges against a known person should be considered for her murder, on each occasion the DPP declined to prosecute on the grounds that there was not enough evidence. He was a teacher in the local community. Lyn and Chris Dawson were childhood sweethearts. Unlike when a jury delivers a verdict, Harrison was also required to outline the reasons for his decision on Tuesday. So while it's just and right that Chris Dawson's long-held secret was forced into the light today, Shanelle and Sherryn still lose. [25] The series has close to 30 million downloads[26] and created a large amount of public interest in the case,[25] but was made unavailable in Australia in consideration of the ongoing legal proceedings. In a year or five, you might not even remember who Lynette Dawson was. In 1981, while teaching at Cromer High School in New South Wales, Chris started up an affair with a pupil, 16-year-old Joanne Curtis. They were married in 1970 at St Jude's Church, Randwick, in Sydney[4][5] and later had two children. Tonight, when you go to sleep, you won't think of Lynette. Harrison said the prosecution had to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Lynette Dawson is dead, that she was killed by Dawson with the possible involvement or assistance of others, and that he and possibly others disposed of her body. Chris Dawson's daughter Kristen, who was born to his young lover Joanne Curtis three years after his wife disappeared, has spoken about the effect on her family of her father's arrest. The first time Chris and Lynette were both in the kitchen, and Chris went to get a glass out of the cupboard. It is in my view fanciful to suggest that conversations as lacking in content and pregnant with cliches ever occurred, Harrison said. Bev firmly believes Lyn did not choose to leave. Everyone who loved Lynette loses. 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. denying that anything tragic had happened. Her sister Sherryn has always supported their father's innocence, despite the fact that little is known about her personal life. 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. Dawson claims JC's allegations are lies spurred by a bitter custody battle which occurred after their 1990 break-up. A date has not been set for that hearing. 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. He said it was simply absurd and defied common sense that the only person Lynette Dawson would remain in contact with after leaving the house would be the very person who was the reason for her departure. A 16-part Australian crime podcast series, The Teacher's Pet, by Walkley Award-winning journalist Hedley Thomas of The Australian, was broadcast in 2018 with a large amount of evidence that was not collected by any of the police investigations. "She was never one to want to stand out.". After her passing in 2001, Helena's ashes were scattered in the ocean at Clovelly where she had swum every day. 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. How do they reconcile that? 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. The disappearance of Lyn Dawson was a case that gripped Australia, and the relationship between her husband Chris Dawson and his 16-year-old schoolgirl lover Joanne Curtis is at the centre of the mystery. Over the span of 14 weeks, Thomas broke down the case, examining and interviewing new witnesses that the police failed to contact. 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. Two coroners later found that Lyn was murdered by a known person, but no charges were ever laid. Shanelle is seen with her mother Lyn before her disappearance in 1982. Chris was careful in his initial reporting, denying that anything tragic had happened to his wife. "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. Just a few years ago, the family were thrilled when they were sent a photograph from a former nursing colleague of Lyn's. Greg admits there were times during Justice Harrison's rollercoaster five-hour judgement when he thought Dawson might be acquitted. He was having Mum on, saying Lyn is going to ring on Wednesday, so Mum would sit by the phone all day Wednesday waiting for the phone call.". The mother-of-two abruptly vanished from her Sydney Northern Beaches home almost 40 years ago in January 1982. "I suppose you could say I was in shock at the information she'd told us," Greg said. Today, he awaits his trial at home, after being released on bail. 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. You might vaguely remember, instead, that podcast, and the journalist who caught a killer. Image: AAP. And I actually said to my daughter, 'What's a podcast?'". How A Podcast May Have Solved The Lynette Dawson Disappearance 36 Years Later. Her body. It was later discovered that she walked out on her three children and started a new life under a new identity in New Zealand. Having left Chris Dawson, she was keen to reveal her suspicions that he was involved in Lyn's disappearance. 'We didn't mention my mother. Its happened before.. In January 1982, a small neighborhood in Sydney, Australia was devastated by the disappearance of doting wife and mother Lynette Dawson. Instead, her trust was betrayed by a man she loved.. 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***'. Dawson claimed she had walked out on their marriage and her children. How was Chris Dawson found guilty of murder without 'a skerrick' of scientific or forensic evidence? "We did it, Lyn," whispers Greg. Broken-hearted and alone, she avoided reporters for decades and refused to condemn her father amid the speculation about who killed her mother. Even as it went to trial, there were doubts a murder conviction could be reached. In a police recording made in 1998, Joanne recalls waiting for Chris in a car outside a pub one night and when he came back he told her: I was going to get a hit man to kill Lyn but then I changed my mind because innocent people would be hurt. This is what Curtis revealed in 2003 about her life with Chris Dawson, before and after Lyn's disappearance. 'I think she was deeply hurt and struggling and I tried to boost her up and say "come on you need to fight".'. Through that battle, these women have lost even more. [15] He is also facing a charge of carnal knowledge with a girl between the ages of 10 and 17, relating to his sexual relationship with Curtis while still a teacher at Cromer High School. 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. By 2003, a second coroner's inquest had recommended that her then-husband be charged with murder but after each inquest the DPP declined to proceed. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. But Lyn never arrived. To make matters worse, not only was she Chris Dawsons student, but also his childrens babysitter. 18:44 EST 14 Jun 2022. Walsh also suggested his client would appeal Tuesdays verdict. Today, your news feed has told you that Chris Dawson has been found guilty of killing his wife, Lynette, on Sydney's northern beaches, 40 years ago. [8] In 1981, Chris groomed and slept with Cromer student Joanne Curtis, who temporarily moved into the Dawson family residence in Bayview at Chris' invitation. Chris Dawson in his suit on Tuesday before he was convicted of the 1982 murder of Lynette Dawson and taken away to prison. Everything.. Chris Dawson, 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. Lynette Dawson vanished in 1982. Independent Allegra Spender has labelled a regular part of Australian political life as a waste of taxpayers money. 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. Olivia Newton-Johns daughter has revealed how she keeps her connection to her mother alive months after her tragic passing. '(JC"s daughter) was scared of her, (JC) found it quite traumatic. 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. "It just happened so quickly," he says. 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