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The schoolgirl, her teacher and his wife / Rebecca Hazel.

The schoolgirl, her teacher and his wife / Rebecca Hazel.
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Loan   . On Loan . 28 Jun 2024
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Record Number 22452
ISBN 9780143796336
Item Number 22079271
Location 364.15 HAZ
Author Hazel, Rebecca, (author).
Title The schoolgirl, her teacher and his wife / Rebecca Hazel.
Published Vintage Books Australia, 2023.
Collation xxiv, 372 pages ; 24 cm.
Content types text
Carrier type volume
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-367)
Summary Note "Teacher and former rugby league player Chris Dawson appeared to have it all - a loving family and a beautiful home in Sydney's Northern Beaches. But in the summer of 1982 his wife Lynette disappeared and not long afterwards Dawson married a former student. Less than a decade later this young woman escaped the marriage and went to the police to record her suspicions that Dawson had been involved in Lynette's disappearance. A homicide investigation followed but got nowhere until 1998, when Detective Sergeant Damian Loone was handed Lynette's file. For nearly two decades he made it his business to honour Lynette and to find out what had happened to her. His work led to two coronial investigations, but no charges. Around this time Rebecca Hazel was working in a women's refuge on the Northern Beaches when a colleague shared her story of enduring coercive control at the hands of Dawson, when she was his student and then wife. She also shared her suspicions about the Lynette's fate. These revelations affected Rebecca, and she decided to investigate. Over years, coroners, police and journalists all shared with Rebecca their knowledge of the case, and disappointments that it remained unsolved. Until, in May 2018, Hedley Thomas launched 'The teacher's pet' podcast, and in December 2018, Chris Dawson was charged with murder. He was convicted in August 2022. Rebecca Hazel has spent ten years working to ensure that the stories of two women who were misused by Chris Dawson are heard, that their perpetrator was brought to justice and that Lynette's family can properly honour their much-loved sister, aunt, cousin and mother." - Back cover.
Target Audience General.
Personal Name Dawson, Lynette Joy
Dawson, Lynette Joy
Dawson, Chris,1948-
Subject True crime stories
Child sexual abuse by teachers
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Child sexual abuse by teachers -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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