76-year-old Chris Dawson, convicted of murder in 2024, is now contesting a charge of carnal knowledge from 1981. Dawson's legal battle continues as he seeks to overturn his conviction from 2023 for sexual activity with a teenage student.
Chis Dawson leaving Sydney’s Downing Centre local court in 2019. Dawson failed an appeal against a murder verdict in 2024 and is now contesting a charge of carnal knowledge .Chis Dawson leaving Sydney’s Downing Centre local court in 2019. Dawson failed an appeal against a murder verdict in 2024 and is now contesting a charge of carnal knowledge .
The 76-year-old was convicted at Sydney’s Downing Centre district court in June 2023 of a historical charge of carnal knowledge as a teacher of a girl over 10 and under 17. His total sentence for the charge was mostly subsumed into his full 24-year sentence for murdering his wife, Lynette Dawson, in January 1982, adding one year to his non-parole period.Dawson’s carnal knowledge challenge came briefly before the NSW court of criminal appeal on Thursday, when a two-hour hearing was scheduled for late March.
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