Still Missing Australia - Lynette Dawson, 34, Sydney, Jan 1982 *Arrest* #3

[DRT]

JC was at south west rocks.
He must have left the kids home alone unless.......
there was help.

CD can't wipe his butt without PD .....just an observation.

I still wonder if the STD call at the pool was from Joanne.

 

[k-mac]

I still wonder if the STD call at the pool was from Joanne.

Most probable.

Likely she was commanded to report in to him while he was at work that day.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Good to see you again, Cliffie.

Apropos of your post there, wasn't there another girl ?? a prefect who was before Joanne? ..

Considering Chris's birthday gift to Paul, which comes round every year at the same time, it would be difficult to ignore as a comparison any other gift he may get for birthdays.. stacked up against a leaf blower , for example..!

Did some hunting around regarding the babysitter who preceded JC.

From a 2018 article I read the following :

"One of the family's other babysitters, Bev McNally of Cromer, is a new witness in the case against Chris Dawson."

Chris Dawson's daughter tells of family's pain after father's arrest

Chris Dawson's daughter Kristen, who was born to his young lover Joanne Curtis three years after his wife disappeared, has spoken about the effect on her family of her father's arrest.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[TootsieFootsie]

From a 2018 article I read the following :

Thanks for that, it's refreshed my memory a lot.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Thanks for that, it's refreshed my memory a lot.

Yeah, Bev McNally, Bev Staniforth back in the day when she was babysitting, was the first person to report that she had witnessed first-hand Chris Dawson's rough physical treatment of Lyn.

 

[KidonGadol]

I know her mother Helena rang a lot of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand and no one had heard of Lyn.

Re LD dropping out of sight. Her lack of a driving licence is also highly relevant. Any long trip she had to make would have involved a bus or train or airline ticket. Way back then bus tickets were probably marginally computerised but not so the other two. Since she has never received a D licence since the disappearance, we must assume she has been driven everywhere locally by taxi drivers and friends. Yet there's not a trace. This only happens with people who don't breathe.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Interesting witness called today. Initials KL, who told the judge she had a circle of 10 friends at Cromer High, including JC, and Chris Dawson was her physical education teacher.

KL was sitting next to JC at South West Rocks when Dawson arrived there to take her home.

KL described Chris Dawson at the time as being "very flirtatious" and "very vain"

Chris Dawson 'very flirtatious' with schoolgirl he would later marry, court hears

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson was "very flirtatious" and "very vain" while interacting with a schoolgirl he would later marry, a close friend of the woman has told a court.

www.abc.net.au

So, flirtatious and vain. Who would have guessed that - LOL.

 

[k-mac]

Have any of you seen the wedding pictures of chris and joanne?
so far I have only seen them outside paywall on tv news.
holy moly....cheap as cheap skates can get.
there is a picture floating round of them at the cake cutting....on the bench.....beside the stove.
All the while he places Lynette's rings on joanne's fingers.

WHAT A GUY....WHAT A CATCH.

 

[musicaljoke]

Was there a new podcast issued this past weekend at The Australian?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Was there a new podcast issued this past weekend at The Australian?

The latest is Episode 2, Groomed.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-teachers-trial/podcast/795d839b58e96e612f2ffae6a66d6fd4

 

[musicaljoke]

The latest is Episode 2, Groomed.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-teachers-trial/podcast/795d839b58e96e612f2ffae6a66d6fd4

Thank you.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Was there a new podcast issued this past weekend at The Australian?

There is scheduled to be one at the end of each week of the trial and so far that has been the pattern. Expect the 3rd one after Friday.

We have reached the mid-point of the trial too. They said 5 weeks and we are two and a half weeks in.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Three weeks before she disappeared from her Bayview home, Lynette Dawson was seen at tennis with a “grapefruit-sized bruise” on her leg and bruising on her arms, a court has heard.

“She was really wanting me to go back to her place for coffee,” her friend Roslyn McLoughlin told the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday. “She was very adamant that she needed someone with her.”

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/grapefruit-sized-bruise-seen-on-lynette-dawson-s-leg-trial-hears-20220526-p5aoog.html

Not sure how much the judge knew about Chris Dawson pre-trial but he must be thinking 'what a piece of work' he is by now.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Just reflecting back for a minute :

February 2001: The first coronial inquest was held. Deputy State Coroner Jan Stevenson concluded that Lyn Dawson had been murdered and that her killer was someone she knew. The coroner recommended charges be laid.

However, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, QC, refused to do so because he said there was not enough evidence.

February 2003: A second coronial inquest was held. Coroner Carl Milovanovich recommended laying charges against Chris Dawson.

August 2003: Nicholas Cowdery refused to prosecute Chris Dawson, again citing
there was not enough evidence.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Witness says Dawson slammed wife into door

A former babysitter says she saw Chris Dawson being violent, including a time when he grabbed his wife...

www.mandurahmail.com.au

A former babysitter says she saw Chris Dawson being violent, including a time when he grabbed his wife Lynette and slammed her into a doorframe at their Sydney home.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Witness says Dawson slammed wife into door

A former babysitter says she saw Chris Dawson being violent, including a time when he grabbed his wife...

www.mandurahmail.com.au

Giving evidence at Dawson's murder trial on Thursday, the witness, referred to as BM, said that in 1980 she saw Dawson grab his wife by the arm and swing her into their daughters' bedroom.

"Lynette was also like a ragdoll because he was a lot bigger and as he grabbed her and swung her, she actually collected the doorframe with her shoulder and possibly her head," BM told the NSW Supreme Court.

It all goes from bad to worse

 

[minusfour]

Poor Lynette, and poor JC. I had forgotten about the earlier recommendations that charges be laid.

 

[Tweet57]

The latest is Episode 2, Groomed.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-teachers-trial/podcast/795d839b58e96e612f2ffae6a66d6fd4

I must say how impressive I have found the prosecution witnesses. Strong, articulate and with integrity.

I wonder if PD and MD will be prosecution or defence witnesses? Will CD take the stand? After all this time and he is genuine about clearing his name, he needs to.

When I see CD, I see a sad, pathetic old man, who is no longer powerful, but absolutely powerless with no authority or control over others. The wheel has turned.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

I must say how impressive I have found the prosecution witnesses. Strong, articulate and with integrity.

I wonder if PD and MD will be prosecution or defence witnesses? Will CD take the stand? After all this time and he is genuine about clearing his name, he needs to.

When I see CD, I see a sad, pathetic old man, who is no longer powerful, but absolutely powerless with no authority or control over others. The wheel has turned.

Zero chance Chris Dawson takes the stand.

Paul & Marilyn would need to be dragged kicking and screaming to appear.

 

[DRT]

I must say how impressive I have found the prosecution witnesses. Strong, articulate and with integrity.

I wonder if PD and MD will be prosecution or defence witnesses? Will CD take the stand? After all this time and he is genuine about clearing his name, he needs to.

When I see CD, I see a sad, pathetic old man, who is no longer powerful, but absolutely powerless with no authority or control over others. The wheel has turned.

There is no way I can see that happening. They would have to be cross examined if they do. Statements such as driving up to Queensland alone have been made in the past. This would also apply to MD.

They didn't even turn up for the 2003 inquest as their brother represented them. They are unlikely to be giving evidence.

I think PD and MD are staying safely in Queensland. Where is TWIN 1 now.