poor marilyn...how terribly inconvenient.Sister-in-law upset by Chris Dawson affair
Giving evidence during Dawson's murder trial in Sydney on Wednesday, Marilyn Dawson said she was unhappy about allowing her brother-in-law and JC to stay at their place on Christmas Day but reluctantly gave them permission.
At the time, she said she knew Chris and Lynette Dawson's marriage was on shaky ground, but felt an obligation to help her brother-in-law who had just returned from an aborted trip north with his former high school student JC.
"I felt torn between helping Chris and trying to help Lyn and Chris' family. His parents probably didn't know where he was, and I just felt upset that I was in that situation," she told the NSW Supreme Court.
I feel absolutely sickened by MD and PD evidence so far. Beyond belief.All the while, you Marilyn, were enabling CD to be with JC
Poor Lyn........
I get the distinct impression Hedley Thomas did a better and more thorough investigation than the police did. I also doubt Chris Dawson would ever have gone to trial if it wasn't for Hedley's efforts in assembling more evidence, even if most/all of it is circumstantial.
The first inquest was run without witnesses and one of the reasons that it was not approved for trial was the witnesses had not been cross examined.I'd forgotten how Cowdery was involved. Thanks for that reminder , Cliff. So, it can be brought into court again, on the grounds that she was murdered, by someone she knew, but that also means it can be done all over again say, if , IF Dawson gets off. She still remains a murdered person, by someone no one knows at this point.
Odd how Cowdery declined twice, yet after all those years passing, when evidence becomes less defined, peoples memories fade, there is now enough evidence to proceed with a murder trial.
Imagine not wanting paintings of your beautiful children! What a loving father - not. Of course, he may well have been skint, if he had just made a huge payment to someone to "rearrange" his family.
Yes, so upstanding, kind and respectful to his family that 3 wives have left him, one way or another.Asked by Mr Dawson’s solicitor Greg Walsh if she believed Chris Dawson could have killed Lynette, Marilyn said: “No.”
“I think he’s an upstanding citizen who works hard, lives well, is very kind to his family and is respectful,” she said.
I am stunned both Paul & Marilyn Dawson have taken the witness box - albeit via video link.
Chris Dawson’s twin says Lynette Dawson was “looking forward” to her future with her husband and “very positive” about the state of her marriage days before she disappeared.
Paul Dawson on Wednesday took the stand in Chris Dawson’s Supreme Court murder trial.
Yet the defence were obviously happy enough for Paul & Marilyn Dawson appear via video link.The Australian
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Robert Silkman, who claims Chris Dawson approached him for help to get rid of Lynette, has fractured his spine and wants to give evidence remotely in a move opposed by the defence.
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Haunting sketches of Lynette Dawson's daughters before alleged murder
Chris Dawson's murder trial has been shown haunting sketches Lynette Dawson commissioned of her two daughters but never collected because she was allegedly murdered.www.dailymail.co.uk
The daily mail has the pictures so beautiful what a talented artist.
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Chris Dawson's sister-in-law tells court he was 'never violent in my presence'
Chris Dawson's sister-in-law tells a court the accused murderer was a supportive partner and "hands-on father" who was never violent in her presence.www.abc.net.au
I hope they release snippets of Marilyn's interview from 1999 online because she really wasn't as confident as her "never" statement in the 1999 interview.
"Last month, JC, who went on to become Chris' second wife in 1984, testified that he had arranged for Marilyn to forge Lynette Dawson's signature on life-insurance paperwork after she disappeared.
In a 1999 police interview, Marilyn admitted it was possible she had signed a document, but in the witness box she denied it.
"How many times, if ever, has Chris Dawson asked you to sign something?" Crown prosecutor Craig Everson SC asked today in court.
"Never," she responded. "