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From The Front: The first kiss Chris Dawson says proves his innocence
March 31, 2025 · 14 minIn the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, Christopher Michael Dawson says he’s not guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl. The Front is The Australian's daily news podcast. You can find out more about it here. You can read about…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 7: Between The Lines
September 29, 2023 · 1 hr 25 minThree books on this remarkable story are published: Hedley Thomas’ book The Teacher’s Pet, Shanelle Dawson’s memoir My Mother’s Eyes, and lawyer Rebecca Hazel’s The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher, and His Wife. To read The Australian's ongoing…
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The Teacher’s Accuser Episode 6: Ducking And Weaving
September 22, 2023 · 1 hr 23 minHedley and the team are back to dissect Judge Sarah Huggett’s three-year sentence for Chris Dawson’s unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl. But in another court, a new drama plays out as education authorities try to dodge…
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From The Front: Three more years for Chris Dawson
September 15, 2023 · 18 minGrey, shrunken and hiding his face, Chris Dawson is sentenced for unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl. Hedley Thomas joins us. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 5: Truth
June 30, 2023 · 60 min"The accused committed an act of carnal knowledge while she was 16 years of age in his and his pupil.” That was the judgement of Judge Sarah Huggett, who found Christopher Michael Dawson guilty of carnal knowledge on Wednesday, June 28…
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From The Front: Chris Dawson found guilty of carnal knowledge
June 28, 2023 · 3 minChristopher Michael Dawson has been found guilty of carnal knowledge of a complainant who was his student at Cromer High School in 1980. The Front is The Australian's daily news podcast. You can find it wherever you got this podcast. See…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 4: Closing Arguments
June 16, 2023 · 1 hr 27 minThe carnal knowledge trial of Christopher Michael Dawson has officially come to a close. Just as he did in his murder trial, Dawson exercised his right to silence: he did not give evidence in his own defence. In this episode, Hedley…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 3: Cross-Examination
June 9, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min“I want it to end”: the emotional plea from Chris Dawson’s accuser, AB, during a sometimes fiery courtroom battle with public defender Claire Wasley. At one point, AB dismissed Wasley’s suggestions as “garbage” In this episode, Hedley…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 2: ‘A Pleasure To Teach’
June 2, 2023 · 1 hr 2 minForty-three years after she alleges Christopher Michael Dawson abused her for the first time, the complainant in the convicted murderer’s latest trial has told her story in court. Identified only as AB for legal reasons, she says she was…
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The Teacher's Accuser Episode 1: A New Trial
May 29, 2023 · 1 hr 2 minHandcuffed and in prison greens, Christopher Michael Dawson faces a new charge – this time, unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old schoolgirl. The charge dates back to 1980, when he was her sports teacher at a Northern Beaches high…
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Episode 2: Groomed
May 20, 2022 · 1 hr 26 minChris Dawson’s former babysitter “JC” gives evidence that he groomed her, then turned her into his “sex slave” and a substitute mother for his children after his wife Lyn’s sudden disappearance. Lyn’s friend and neighbour Julie Andrew and…
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Episode 1: Court
May 13, 2022 · 1 hr 3 minFour decades after former star footballer and high school teacher Chris Dawson allegedly murdered his wife Lyn, a murder trial her family feared would never happen has begun. The prosecution revealed that a new witness - a former Newtown…
About the show
From Hedley Thomas and the journalists at The Australian, The Teacher's Trial follows the events in the trial of Chris Dawson, who is accused of the murder of his wife Lynette Dawson. To read The Australian's ongoing coverage of the trial search The Teacher's Trial or click here.