Chris Dawson hitman tale changes in court
The murder trial of Chris Dawson has heard a third version of events where the teacher allegedly sought a hitman to get rid of his wife in the early 1980s.
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Qld family grieve fatal Aust Day ‘dog act’
Family of a couple who died while walking on Australia Day last year have spoken of their devastating loss as a teenager is being sentenced over the killing.
Not guilty verdict in Brisbane murder case
Owen James Harris has been found not guilty of murdering Brisbane man Sam Price-Purcell who disappeared more than seven years ago.
Man on trial for murdering father’s mate
A 26-year-old man who stabbed his father's friend of 20 years has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to the man's murder.
COVID-19 delays Chris Dawson murder trial
The crown prosecutor in the murder trial of former teacher Chris Dawson has tested positive to COVID-19, delaying proceedings for seven days.
Man pleads guilty over baby girl’s death
A Queensland man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an 11-month-old girl died southwest of Brisbane.
Lyn Dawson’s disappearance ‘not unusual’
Christopher Dawson's brother has said a wife vanishing from her home without contacting her husband and children afterward was not unusual.
Second man charged over Queensland murder
A second man has been charged with murder after a woman was killed at a home in Queensland.
Police scrutiny over US school shooting
The actions - or more notably, the inaction - of police has become the centre of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Man arrested after woman shot dead in Qld
Sunshine Coast police are questioning a man over a woman's death after she was dropped off at a Queensland hospital with a gunshot wound to her head.
NT triple murderer was ‘on rescue mission’
Benjamin Hoffmann believed he was on a rescue mission to free his ex-girlfriend from a pimp holding her hostage when he killed four people, a psychiatrist says.
Cleaner who murdered elderly client jailed
A Sydney cleaner who murdered her 92-year-old client in a ferocious bashing and stabbing attack has been jailed for at least 15 years.
Kumanjayi inquest to probe cop’s drug use
An inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker will examine whether Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe was using drugs.
Witness says Dawson slammed wife into door
A former babysitter has said she saw Chris Dawson grab his wife and swing her into a doorframe before she disappeared in 1982.
Life sentence for Qld Father’s Day murder
A man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a father-of-five at traffic lights at Gympie after an earlier altercation.
Teen death: dad says verdict wait terrible
The verdict in a trial of three teens accused of being in a fight that led to 17-year-old Jack Beasley's fatal stabbing may not be known for at least a month.
Daughter found guilty of murdering mother
Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez has been found guilty of murdering her mother two decades ago in her Sydney home after inventing a story about a robbery.
Dawson accused of molesting schoolgirl
Chris Dawson molested the schoolgirl who he eventually married after the disappearance of his first wife, a court has been told.
Stab trial teens ‘casual about violence’
Three teens accused of being in a fight that led to 17-year-old Jack Beasley's fatal stabbing have failed in their bid to have their charges dismissed.
Court sequel to body found in garage
A man charged with murder after a 48-year-old was found dead with significant head injuries at a house south of Brisbane has had his case mentioned in court.
Court told of Dawson’s poolside attack
Chris Dawson attacked his wife beside his Bayview, Sydney, home's pool and held her face in the mud, a court has been told.
Group targeted before stabbing, court told
Before 17-year-old Jack Beasley was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast a group of teenagers were looking for someone to "roll for drugs", a court has heard.
Qld man stabbed after car park altercation
A southeast Queensland man has denied murdering a 31-year-old, but admits stabbing him after an altercation at a shopping centre on Father's Day 2019.
Lyn Dawson seen bruised before vanishing
Chris Dawson's wife Lynette was spotted with a bruised throat days before her disappearance, his Sydney murder trial has been told.
Qld cops seek witnesses to Logan killing
Queensland detectives want to speak to anyone who was on a quiet Logan street last weekend as part of a probe into the killing of local man Avzi Ejupi.
Dawson babysitter’s book ‘not revenge’
Murder trial witness JC has rejected the suggestion her claims she had been Chris Dawson's sex slave were a good way to sell her unpublished life story.
Ex-student says she was Dawson’s sex slave
A former student of Chris Dawson has rejected allegations she lied about him being violent and attempting to hire a hitman in a bid to destroy him.
Father’s Day stabbing ‘after junkie slur’
A Father's Day altercation outside a shopping centre ended with a 31-year-old dad stabbed on his way to see his five children, a court has been told.
Dawson called student ‘petal’, court hears
A court has heard how Chris Dawson called a student at his former high school "petal" and that he wooed her with secret love letters left in her schoolbag.
Man stabbed after Father’s Day altercation
A southeast Queensland man died from being stabbed after an altercation outside a shop when he took his dad to get groceries on Father's Day, a court has heard.
Witness believes Chris Dawson killed wife
Lynette Dawson's friend and The Teacher's Pet podcast creator Hedley Thomas talked about interest in the case from Hollywood stars including Hugh Jackman.