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Husband found not guilty of 'brutal' wedding night rape

A man accused of a series of sexual assaults on his wedding night and honeymoon has been found not guilty on all charges in a Sydney court.

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$Baby with fractured skull and paraplegia: Dad's not guilty$

Baby with fractured skull and paraplegia: Dad's not guilty

He was a caring and patient partner and father: Judge.

Newcastle Herald

Cops 'totally appalling' investigating baby's injuries

A man has been found not guilty of inflicting severe injuries on his own daughter, after displaying "remarkable" temperance in the face of improper questioning.

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'When does he decide I am going to grievously damage my daughter': Defence

Verdict in shaken baby trial due in ten days.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-teacher accused of molesting four boys avoids trial

A 91-year-old former primary school teacher accused of sexually abusing four boys in the 1960s is now unfit to stand trial due to severe dementia.

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Ex-PE teacher avoids jail for child abuse

A former PE teacher will not spend any time behind bars despite abusing one of her students on Sydney's northern beaches four decades ago.

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Chris Dawson’s verdict took five hours to be delivered, ending a 40-year wait for justice

Teacher’s Pet podcast lingered in the background of murder trial that featured remarkable evidence despite there being no crime scene and no body

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The Teacher’s Pet: hit podcast thrust Lynette Dawson’s 1982 disappearance into the spotlight

Hedley Thomas’s true-crime series about a Sydney teacher and his wife captured the world’s attention and paved the way for a murder trial

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Chris Dawson days away from verdict in Lynette Dawson murder trial

The former Sydney teacher's trial in the NSW Supreme Court this year was the culmination of years of questions and speculation about the whereabouts of his first wife, Lynette.

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Judge to hand down verdict in Chris Dawson murder trial this month

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson is weeks away from learning the verdict in his murder trial for the alleged murder of his wife, Lynette.

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Forty years after Lynette vanished this Sydney mystery could soon have some answers

Forty years after former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson's wife vanished, a judge is considering whether it was due to a cunningly planned murder, or a mother's decision to abandon her family.

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Chris Dawson told his murder verdict will be handed down 'relatively quickly'

The judge presiding over Chris Dawson's trial says he will deliver his decision on whether the former school teacher killed his wife Lynette "relatively quickly" — but it won't be tomorrow.

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Chris Dawson still loved his wife Lynette while in 'relationship' with babysitter, murder trial told

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson continued to love his wife before she vanished while also having a "relationship" with the family's teenage babysitter, a judge is told.

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Dawson loved wife and mistress, court told

Chris Dawson could simultaneously love his wife and the teenage lover with whom he was having an affair, his murder trial has been told.

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Dawson allegations 'tailored' by lover

Evidence against Chris Dawson used in his murder trial had been tailored by his spurned teenage lover to create further suspicions, a judge has heard.

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Chris Dawson murder trial hears theory that wife Lynette may have died at sea

Chris Dawson's lawyer tells a judge her client's first wife may have abandoned her family and subsequently met with misadventure, evoking the disappearance of former prime minister Harold Holt.

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Dawson argues murder case 'nonsensical'

Chris Dawson's barrister has attacked murder allegations brought against him as nonsensical and extraordinary as she argues his innocence.

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Journalist Hedley Thomas could have made inappropriate commentary about Lynette Dawson's disappearance, court hears

Chris Dawson's barrister accuses the journalist behind the Teacher's Pet podcast of providing inappropriate media commentary about the case in contempt of the Supreme Court.

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Creator of Teacher's Pet podcast tells court he thought it 'likely' Chris Dawson murdered his wife

Journalist Hedley Thomas tells a court he thought it was "likely" Chris Dawson was a murderer, but that his own opinions did not form part of his podcast, which has been downloaded about 60 million times.

ABC News

Detective on Chris Dawson case wanted to prove 'something sinister' had happened, court told

The defence in Chris Dawson's murder trial says a detective investigating the case was "incapable" of considering any evidence that did not support the theory that their client murdered his first wife.

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Robert Silkman gives evidence at Chris Dawson trial over alleged murder of Lynette Dawson

Robert Silkman tells a murder trial Chris Dawson asked him on an end-of-season rugby league trip if he knew anyone who could "get rid of" his first wife.

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Custody battle behind 'slurs' Chris Dawson was involved in his first wife's disappearance, court hears

Chris Dawson told police in a video interview the timing of allegations about his wife's disappearance came as he was facing a "nasty" custody battle with a woman known as JC, Sydney's Supreme Court hears.

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Murder trial told Chris Dawson arranged to forge wife's signature on life insurance policy

A Sydney court hears evidence accused murderer Chris Dawson arranged for his wife Lynette's signature to be forged on life insurance paperwork after she disappeared.

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Babysitter tells murder trial Chris Dawson treated her like a 'sex slave'

A babysitter who worked for Chris Dawson tells a murder trial the former school teacher made her fear for her life and treated her like a "sex slave" after his wife Lynette vanished 40 years ago.

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Neighbour tells court she saw Chris Dawson 'scream' at wife Lynette shortly before she went missing

A woman who lived next door at the time Lynette Dawson went missing says she witnessed the woman's husband, Chris Dawson, "towering over" his wife during a heated argument shortly before she vanished.

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