Chris Dawson will serve 24 years behind bars for murdering his wife nearly 40 years ago
Former school teacher, Chris Dawson has maintained his innocence as he was sentenced to 24 years behind bars for the 1982 murder of his then-wife Lynette.
The 74-year-old was found guilty of murdering Dawson to continue a relationship with his high school babysitter.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court, Justice Ian Harrison says Lynette Dawson was “faultless” and “undeserving of her fate”.
Harrison described the murder as an “objectively very serious crime”.
Meanwhile, her family has previously the court Dawson is a “conniving monster”.
Dawson will be eligible for parole after 18 years when he will be 92.
His legal team argued there was an explanation for her disappearance, after she learned of his actions with the family’s teenage babysitter, JC, who he married.
The former rugby league player did not give evidence.
He claimed his wife called him after failing to arrive for a meeting in January 1982.
