Hedley Thomas
The Australian
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Dawson twin loses his cool, he’s got a lot on his plate
Identical twins Chris and Paul Dawson have stuck together their entire lives, sharing an extraordinary and unbreakable bond. → Read More
The Teacher’s Pet: Coroner certain jury would find Chris Dawson guilty
The former NSW deputy state coroner says if all the evidence against Chris Dawson was put to a jury, it would return with a verdict that he was guilty of killing his wife, Lyn, 36 years ago. → Read More
Sister’s plea to contract killer Neddy Smith for info on Lyn
The sister of missing Sydney woman Lyn Dawson wrote to notorious contract killer Arthur Neddy Smith to plead for information on her siblings suspected murder, but prison officials refused to pass her letter on. → Read More
DNA testing could shine light on Lyn’s fate, says forensic scientist
An independent forensic scientist says a pink cardigan found buried on missing Sydney mother Lyn Dawsons former property in 2000 could yield DNA if subjected to current tests. → Read More
Digging for Lyn Dawson called off ‘too soon’
A police officer who oversaw forensic examinations during a dig at Lyn Dawsons former home believes the missing Sydney mother was buried on the property, declaring: I think shes still there. → Read More
Dawson ‘possibly knew’ police were tapping his phone
Detectives tapped the phones of murder suspect Chris Dawson and his twin brother Paul during a time of intense and public investigations, but the unfolding police probe did not rate a mention during their calls. → Read More
NSW DPP tells of school link with Chris Dawson
The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions was captain of Sydneys Asquith Boys High School when murder suspect Chris Dawson taught there in 1984, and they knew each other through rugby league at the school. → Read More
Search Dawsons’ soft soil area: NSW magistrate
A serving NSW magistrate says it is vital police look at an area of soft soil that was later cemented over at missing Sydney mother Lyn Dawsons former home as a possible location of her remains. → Read More
Former Cromer students name suspect teachers
Former students of Sydney’s Cromer high school stepped forward in unison at a meeting on the northern beaches yesterday and wrote down names of teachers involved in alleged sex assaults or relationships with pupils. → Read More
The Teacher’s Pet: Detective ‘disgusted’ with Dawson investigation
A retired detective has expressed anger at initial police failings after the disappearance of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson, blaming the high profile of her husband and suspected killer, Chris Dawson. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet: ‘I felt sick and ashamed’, says ex-pupil of predatory culture at Chris Dawson’s school
A former Cromer high school student says she jumped from a car to escape a teacher after a night at a pub, and that a distraught friend told her of being raped by a teacher. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet podcast: NSW Police ‘dropped the ball’ on Lyn Dawson’s case
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has revealed detectives recently dug and used ground-penetrating radar looking for Lyn Dawsons remains at her former home, as he admitted police dropped the ball after the mother vanished in the 1980s. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet podcast: concreter urges probe of ‘loose soil’
A concreter who did extensive work on the Sydney home where Lyn Dawson vanished has come forward for the first time, revealing his concerns about disturbed ground where he believes her body could be buried. → Read More
The Teacher’s Pet: Dawson’s teen bride isolated, powerless, afraid
Murder suspect Chris Dawson exerted total control over his former teenage lover Joanne Curtis after they moved to Queensland to start a new life, a friend says. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet: ‘Why did police sit on Lyn Dawson evidence?’
Lyn Dawsons family is demanding a full explanation on why police sat on a handwritten statement by her husband and suspected killer, Chris Dawson, for years before taking it to prosecutors. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet podcast: from the archives, friend’s cry for justice for Lyn Dawson
A formal complaint from a friend of Lyn Dawson that NSW police were failing to investigate her suspicious disappearance from Sydneys northern beaches has been discovered decades later in a sealed file in state archives. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet: murder case against Chris Dawson ‘overwhelming’
An experienced criminal defence lawyer says the case against former star footballer Chris Dawson over the suspected murder of his wife Lyn is almost overwhelming and a jury would have no difficulty convicting him. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet podcast: Sex with students ‘rife at Sydney northern beaches schools’
Former teachers from schools on Sydneys northern beaches have revealed it was the norm for colleagues to prey on students for sex in the 1980s, as NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes and his department were yesterday accused of deafening silence on the issue. → Read More
Teacher’s Pet: public call for murder trial 36 years after Lyn Dawson vanished
A public campaign is mounting for NSW prosecutors to take to trial the suspected murder 36 years ago of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson by her husband Chris. → Read More
The Teacher’s Pet: Dawson ‘got all he wanted’ — house, kids, teen girlfriend
Murder suspect Chris Dawsons depiction of himself in a police statement as an abandoned husband desperate to find his missing wife Lyn has been rejected as a fabrication by her family and friends. → Read More