The journalist behind hit podcast The Trainer's Pet has instructed of his "monumental reduction" after the conviction of Chris Dawson for the 1982 homicide in Sydney of his spouse Lynette yesterday.
Journalist Hedley Thomas was talking with At this time this morning after Dawson, 74, spent the evening behind bars following Justice Ian Harrison's marathon five-hour ruling.
He stated he by no means "pulled any punches" together with his investigative journalism however felt reduction when he heard the decision within the Sydney court docket.
"I felt monumental reduction, and nearly a way that, for Lyn's household and associates, actually good associates on the Northern Seashores, her brother, Greg, and sister Pat, and all the opposite prolonged relations ... they might begin to get on with their lives."
The award-winning 16-episode collection The Trainer's Pet was launched in 2018 and has since been downloaded 60 million instances throughout the globe.
Thomas stated the specter of authorized motion and intense public scrutiny over the podcast had been "gruelling" however he and his colleagues by no means wavered from attending to the reality about what occurred to Lynette Dawson.
"I got down to attempt to unravel what occurred to Lyn.
"I actually believed that Chris Dawson had a case to reply, and that he ought to go to trial, and he ought to've gone to trial ... a few years in the past."
The chilly case got here into the general public's consideration a long time on due to The Trainer's Pet.
The podcast, which needed to be taken down throughout the trial, revealed new proof which led police to cost Dawson together with his lacking spouse's homicide.
Thomas rejected claims he went too far in his investigations and insisted the household of Lynette Dawson supported him.
"The actual fact is, Lyn Dawson had been lacking for greater than 36 years after I began doing the Trainer's Pet podcast collection. There wanted to be a very highly effective push," he stated.
"There wanted to be some media that will probably deliver folks out of the woodwork, and produce a response within the workplace of the DPP that might really result in him being charged, as two coroners had again in 2001 and 2003 beneficial.
"I went at it exhausting. You realize, I did not pull any punches. It was a front-footed journalistic train, however I am not going to make any apology for that."
Dawson is anticipated to be moved to Silverwater Jail in western Sydney at the moment.
His lawyer has indicated they are going to be making use of for bail forward of sentencing, in addition to a probable attraction towards the decision.
It is anticipated the sentence might see him spend the remainder of his days behind bars.