Australia: Killer gets 24 years in jail, arrest due to podcast
By DW
09 December 2022 |
3:59 pm
Former teacher Christopher Dawson was sentenced to 24 years in Australia for killing his wife Lynette Dawson in 1982 so that he could pursue an affair with his teenage student.
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