Judge hopes to give verdict in long-running Chris Dawson murder trial ‘relatively quickly’

As the two-month long trial wraps up, Dawson's barrister has urged the court to find him not guilty of killing his wife in January 1982

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The judge overseeing the two-month long murder trial of Christopher Michael Dawson has said he will try to deliver the final verdict in the case relatively quickly.

As the trial wrapped up on Monday, NSW supreme court justice, Ian Harrison, thanked both crown prosecutors and Dawson's legal team for their assistance and said he would attempt to publish his findings as soon as possible.

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