True Crime: Australia ‘Teacher’s Pet’ podcast subject gets 24-year sentence for 1982 murder

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True Crime: Australia ‘Teacher’s Pet’ podcast subject gets 24-year sentence for 1982 murder
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SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - An Australian former high school teacher, who was the subject of the hit podcast 'The Teacher's Pet', was sentenced on Friday to 24 years in jail for murdering his wife 40 years ago, in a case that has gripped the nation.

SYDNEY, Dec 2 - An Australian former high school teacher, who was the subject of the hit podcast"The Teacher's Pet", was sentenced on Friday to 24 years in jail for murdering his wife 40 years ago, in a case that has gripped the nation.

A 2003 inquest had recommended charging Dawson with his wife Lynette’s murder but prosecutors declined, citing a lack of evidence.

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