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Ex-teacher Chris Dawson, subject of hit Teacher's Pet podcast, charged with murdering wife Lynette in 1982

Chris Dawson arrives at the Sydney Police Centre after being extradited from the Gold Coast in Sydney (Picture: EPA)

Police today charged the husband of a Sydney woman whose disappearance in 1982 has been featured in a hit podcast.

Chris Dawson was extradited from Queensland to Sydney, and was denied bail at a court hearing.

The 70-year-old has previously denied killing Lynette Dawson, mother of his two children, saying she abandoned the family for a religious group.

The Teacher’s Pet podcast brought global attention to the case.

Lynette Dawson, vanished from her home in Sydney's northern beaches in 1982

Police arrested the ex-teacher yesterday after a new three-year investigation.

Chris Dawson arrives at the Sydney Police Centre after being extradited from the Gold Coast in Sydney (EPA)
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