JC had previously given evidence that, in early 1982, the closet was “exploding” and he had been allowed to store whatever he wanted.
“[JC] he was about four different sizes from Lyn, “Dawson said on the call.” Let him wear his clothes … very good effort. “
He said people who showed up and claimed he had a “dark side” were “using all the same words,” such as “narcissistic,” as journalist Hedley Thomas used in his podcast on Dawson, Lynette and JC, called The Teacher’s Pet.
In a call intercepted in October 2018, Dawson said Thomas had “made a fortune out of it” and that people were “buying a bloody story” with fantasies that made it a “more interesting and fascinating story than the truth”. .
“If it didn’t happen to me, I wouldn’t believe the media can lie so easily,” Dawson said.
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Thomas previously stated that he did not receive any money when someone listened to the podcast.
Videos of the ABC Checkbook were also played on the court, a 1975 program about twins featuring Chris and Paul Dawson, who both played in the rugby league at the Newtown Jets, and included Lynette’s vision of the her husband.
Dawson’s lawyer, Pauline David, said she was going to Dawson’s character and spoke directly about the suggestion of a “strange relationship” between the two men.
Crown prosecutor Craig Everson, SC, said one of the issues in his case was not a “strange relationship between the defendant and his twin.” He said the defense had extracted it in cross-examination of witnesses and that the relevance of the evidence appeared to be “to overthrow this straw person.”
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David also noted with the judge a comment from Thomas, published Wednesday in The Australian, and “whether or not it constitutes contempt.”
He considered it “contemptuous” because it was “almost a critique, a comment … in the process of trial” and the defense considered it “raises issues of criticism of the process.”
Thomas testified Monday and Tuesday. His article claimed that David’s “vigorous interrogation” was an example of cross-examination trying to “put journalism to trial” in the case.
Judge Ian Harrison said the piece was “quite unusual.”
“I would not propose to deviate from questions about whether or not a witness … may have committed a contempt that deserves or requires consideration, rather concentrating on these procedures without being distracted,” he said.
“If you have to pay attention later, either on my part or someone else’s, that can happen.”
The Crown case closed shortly before noon on Thursday. The defense chose not to request any evidence, including Dawson’s, and was not required to do so.
The parties spent the afternoon legally discussing trend testing. The Crown alleges that Dawson had an animosity towards Lynette, contemplated holding back a third party to kill her, and wished JC to be his wife and the mother of his children.
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