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Dawson asked teammate if he knew anyone who could ‘get rid of his wife’, court told
Robert Silkman has given evidence at the NSW Supreme Court murder trial of Chris Dawson about a Newtown Jets end-of-season trip to the Gold Coast in 1975.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Judge rules against new witness evidence at Chris Dawson murder trial
The Crown prosecutor said additional people had “come out of the woodwork” including someone who called Crime Stoppers and was giving a statement to police.
- by Sarah McPhee
‘All gone’: Guy Sebastian’s ex-manager acted dishonestly, court told
The Crown prosecutor has made a closing address at the NSW District Court trial of Titus Day, who is accused of embezzling his former client of almost $900,000.
- by Sarah McPhee
Neighbours ‘saw Lynette Dawson’ years after disappearance, court told
Former neighbour Peter Breese testified that he and his wife saw Lynette Dawson in a Sydney hospital in June 1984, unaware that she was missing.
- by Sarah McPhee
Guy Sebastian’s former manager not guilty of three embezzlement charges
A NSW District Court jury has found Titus Day not guilty of three embezzlement charges by direction, and told to later clear him of dozens of larceny charges.
- by Sarah McPhee
Bruce Lehrmann trial delayed further
The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, an allegation to which he has pleaded not guilty.
- by Angus Thompson
Convicted with no prosecutor, plea or papers: Dubbo’s three-minute legal ‘travesty’
The NSW Supreme Court has slammed a “remarkable” hearing in which a magistrate made a decision without the accused explicitly entering a plea, the police prosecutor being in the room or papers being served.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
‘My daughter is dead’: Body modifier faces victim’s mother in court
Brendan Leigh Russell faced a sentence hearing after being found guilty of three offences including manslaughter relating to procedures on the Central Coast and Newcastle.
- by Sarah McPhee
Chris Dawson’s trial delayed after prosecutor tests positive to COVID
The former teacher has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his first wife Lynette Dawson, who vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982.
- by Sarah McPhee
‘Complete and utter fabrication’: Chris Dawson disputes hitman claim
In a police interview, played to the court, Chris Dawson said his second wife JC had made allegations about his first wife’s disappearance to “slur” his character.
- by Sarah McPhee
After 40 years, witnesses piece together puzzle of Lynette Dawson’s disappearance
Decades after she disappeared, the 33-year-old’s loved ones have spoken of a woman who adored her two girls, and of the babysitter brought into her Bayview home.
- by Sarah McPhee