NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dawson [2022] NSWSC 1131 Hearing dates: 9, 11, 16-20, 23-26, 30, 31 May; 7-10, 14-17, 20-22, 24, 27-30 June; 4-8,11 July 2022 Date of orders: 30 August 2022 Decision date: 30 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Harrison J Decision: Christopher Michael Dawson found guilty of the murder of Lynette Joy Dawson Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – murder – trial by judge alone – circumstantial case – where wife of the accused disappeared without trace in January 1982 – where the body of the deceased has never been recovered – whether circumstantial evidence established that her death caused by the accused Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 133 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 101, 165, 165B Cases Cited: Binns v R [2017] NSWCCA 280 De Silva v The Queen (2019) 268 CLR 57; [2019] HCA 48 Kanaan & Ors v R [2006] NSWCCA 109 Meakin v R [2018] NSWCCA 288 R v Dawson [2022] NSWSC 877 R v Qaumi & Qaumi (No 12) [2017] NSWSC 134 R v Rose (2002) 55 NSWLR 701; [2002] NSWCCA 455 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Christopher Michael Dawson (Accused) Representation: Counsel: C M Everson SC and E Blizard (Crown) P David (Accused)
Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Greg Walsh & Co Solicitors (Accused) File Number(s): 2018/372527 Publication restriction: Nil
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