Chris Dawson has had an opportunity to inform his facet of the story, denying he killed his spouse Lynette and insisting she vanished 40 years in the past of her personal accord.
Barrister Pauline David at the moment laid out the defence case, every week after the high-profile trial bought underway.
"Chris Dawson, the accused, didn't kill Lynette Dawson… he might have failed Lynette Dawson as a husband however he didn't kill her," David instructed the Supreme Court docket.
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The lacking mom was final seen on January 9, 1982, after Dawson says he dropped her off at a Mona Vale bus cease on Sydney's Northern Seashores.
The couple deliberate to satisfy later on the Northbridge Baths however Lynette failed to indicate.
She phoned to say "she wouldn't be coming to the pool and she or he wouldn't be returning dwelling", David instructed Justice Ian Harrison.
Mr Dawson's clarification for his spouse's disappearance is that she wished out of their marriage after discovering his affair with their teenage babysitter.
He didn't report Lynette lacking for six weeks however posted an advert within the Day by day Telegraph across the time of their twelfth marriage ceremony anniversary.
It learn "Lyn I really like you, all of us miss you. Please ring. We wish you dwelling. Chris".
The defence has argued police failures are accountable for his or her shopper being charged, claiming the investigation was affected by delays, misplaced information and a deliberate disregard by officers to observe up on reported sightings of the lacking lady.
A few of the individuals who declare to have seen Lynette have since died.
Former Bayview resident Julie Andrew was the primary witness to proof.
"I do consider Chris Dawson murdered his spouse," she instructed the choose.
She recalled listening to her buddy and neighbour wailing a few month earlier than she vanished.
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"I stored strolling till I bought to the underside of my pool space the place I may see Lyn and Chris… he was an enormous man towering over her and screaming at her and she or he was crying… I used to be actually frightened for her," Andrew stated.
She claims she visited Lynette, who defined the argument was over a younger lady, often called JC, who was coming to dwell with them.
Andrew says she replied: "Lyn, you'll be able to't have her transfer in right here, he is f---ing the babysitter".
Beneath cross-examination she was requested why she did not report her issues to police.
"To my remorse and disgrace, I did not do something about it… I used to be missing expertise and confidence… I did not have any expertise with household breakdowns and home violence," she defined.
Andrew rejected ideas she was making Dawson out to be a monster after being influenced by the "Instructor's Pet" podcast, which examined the case, and after hypothesis the story might be become a TV collection.
Lynette's sister Patricia Jenkins took the stand late this afternoon, describing her sibling as a beautiful mom, who waited so lengthy to have her kids.
Jenkins instructed the Supreme Court docket Lynette adored her husband.
She's going to return to the witness field tomorrow.