A NSW Supreme Court judge will consider Chris Dawson’s lack of remorse for the murder of his wife Lynette Dawson, his “deteriorating” health and years of relentless media coverage as he sets a jail term for the 74-year-old on Friday.when Justice Ian Harrison found he had a “possessive infatuation” with the babysitter and former student, known as JC, and had “resolved to kill his wife”.Lynette, a 33-year-old mother of two, vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982.
“The offender plainly knew that the death of his wife Lynette was going to deprive their children of their mother,” Everson said.“The death of Lynette and the offender’s subsequent campaign of disinformation left her parents and siblings in a state of anxiety, upset and uncertainty for decades.” Walsh said Dawson, who played rugby league for the Newtown Jets in the 1970s, had heart and brain issues, and he raised the neurodegenerative condition of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
“Much of the delay in bringing this case to court was caused by the offender by his pretence that Lynette was alive and had simply disappeared,” Everson said.The Teacher’s Pet “This offender has been the subject of probably the most constant and egregious publicity that one has seen,” he said.Justice Harrison said: “I had a bit to say about extra-curial punishment when I sentenced Ms [Harriet] Wran some years ago, so I’m not unmindful.”
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