Lynette Dawson was ‘in great distress’ before her disappearance, her sister tells court

Patricia Jenkins tells Chris Dawson's murder trial that she had not seen or heard from her sister, Lynette, since New Year's Day 1982

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Alleged murder victim Lynette Dawson was greatly distressed before she vanished in 1982 after becoming cowered" by her husband, Chris Dawson, a court has been told.

Patricia Jenkins on Tuesday gave evidence at the NSW supreme court trial of Chris Dawson, who is alleged to have murdered his wife, Lynette, in January 1982.

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