Deceased/Not Found Australia - Lynette Dawson, 34, Sydney, Jan 1982 *husband guilty* #5

[Cliff Hardy]

I wonder how attractive to women (and girls) he will be when he gets out of prison at the age of 93....hmmm

Yeah, interesting isn't it. His earliest possible release date is August 2041 and as you said, he will be 93.

How badly does Dawson want to see daylight again? Does pressure now mount for him to come clean and reveal where Lyn is?

 

[k-mac]

Dawson will likely die in prison.

Good.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

All three judges were in agreement.

Can't come as a surprise to anyone. The appeal, from what we heard of it anyway, was p... poor.

 

[k-mac]

Yeah, interesting isn't it. His earliest possible release date is August 2041 and as you said, he will be 93.

How badly does Dawson want to see daylight again? Does pressure now mount for him to come clean and reveal where Lyn is?

I can't see this egotistical misogynist immature man would come clean now.

This is only appeal 1 in his mind......

 

[Cliff Hardy]

I can't see this egotistical misogynist immature man would come clean now.

This is only appeal 1 in his mind......

What a pity there wasn't a microphone near him this time to pick up the "F...., f..., f....

 

[TootsieFootsie]

In murder cases is there a set amount of time knocked off your sentence if you reveal where the body/bodies are ?

 

[k-mac]

MSN

Brett Hatfield SC, for the Crown, told the appeal hearing there was no significant possibility an innocent person had been convicted in the case.

He argued that there was no reasonable hypothesis consistent with innocence.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Can he appeal again anytime soon ?

 

[Cliff Hardy]

In murder cases is there a set amount of time knocked off your sentence if you reveal where the body/bodies are ?

My limited understanding of things was no body, no parole but it seems Dawson could be released in August 2041.

 

[EssieMarie83]

Can he appeal again anytime soon ?

I am wondering about this too

 

[Trooper]

My limited understanding of things was no body, no parole but it seems Dawson could be released in August 2041.

He can apply for parole, in 2041.. This does not necessarily mean he gets parole, that is up to the parole board, and they are independent of Correctional Services, I think , but Corr. Ser, have input.

But in NSW, no body, no parole., That's how it is.. things could change, the political winds blow hither and yon, ..

He had a right to make this appeal, every one does, but Chris Dawson HAD to make the appeal, because he has to play it in light of his facade that he knows nothing, he dropped her off at the bus stop. So he has to keep going thru all these hoops till his last breath. Or, come clean.

Nice result, not unexpected, but all the same, nice..

 

[TootsieFootsie]

But if he revealed where the body is right now. would he get his sentence reduced.

 

[Trooper]

But if he revealed where the body is right now. would he get his sentence reduced.

No. One gets a discount if one pleads guilty from the kick-off. That's when the discounting of a sentence is calibrated.. He gets nothing off because he pled not guilty, he got the trial itself delayed, he lost his appeal,..

 

[Trooper]

But if he revealed where the body is right now. would he get his sentence reduced.

Sorry I read it wrong, but it's still a big fat no., The jury found him guilty WITHOUT the body, ( the judge , actually, it was a judge only trial., ) his revealing the body now does not make a lot of difference except in his capacity to be able to apply for parole at some stage. Without a body , he can't even apply., With a body, he can apply. STILL does not mean he gets parole, it's up to the parole board.

 

[Trooper]

If one looks at it cynically, Dawson has nothing to gain by revealing where Lynn's body is, in all reality. Parole is very iffy for him, and revealing the location of the body destroys his whole persona that he has built up over 40 years, all his relationships, all his friendships, all his students. He would be revealed as a murderer. As it is, he leaves doubt. In some peoples mind.. Not my mind and probably not yours, .. I do not think he is ever going to tell.

 

[Trooper]

Even if. say, someone else, .. like.. someone who .. he told, or someone who helped him dispose of Lynn's body told the police, that still would not affect his sentence, because Dawson didn't tell them. Dawson did not admit to it. .

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I don't know. I think losing your freedom and being locked up could get you to a point where you're desperate to get out. And would do anything to get out.
And for even a few years out before you die it might be worth giving up your secret.

Or that's how I would feel.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Yes I know that someone else revealing where she is wouldn't lead to him getting out.

 

[musicaljoke]

Let's hope this judgement isn't as longwinded as Ian Harrison's initial verdict.

I could listen to Ian Harrison's judgement all day. <3

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I could listen to Ian Harrison's judgement all day. <3

I actually listened to the whole thing quite a few times.