Chris Dawson's former mistress reveals last words with Lynette
The former babysitter, who became Chris Dawson's mistress and then his wife, has taken the stand at his murder trial.
Chris Dawson is on trial for murder as the prosecution alleges he murdered his wife Lynette in 1982.
The woman, who has been known only as JC throughout the high-profile trial, first met Dawson in 1980 when he was her Year 11 sports teacher at Cromer High School.
"He told me he had seen me in the playground... when I was 15 and decided he would like to get to know me better because I was attractive to him... I believe he deliberately tried to take my class," JC told the court.
The Supreme Court was shown a series of cards and love letters that JC said were dropped in her school bag by Dawson.
She claimed he signed off as "GOD" to disguise himself because she was a minor.
By 1981, the teenager had moved in with Dawson, his wife Lynette, and their two children at Bayview to work as their live-in babysitter.
"Lynette was very welcoming... He used to call her "fatso" and laugh about it," JC told the court.
She claimed when Lynette went to bed, "Chris Dawson would want me to have sex with him".
The court heard what JC says is her last conversation with Lynette before she vanished in 1982.
JC claims Lynette asked her, "you've been taking liberties with my husband?"
Dawson claims Lynette ran away from the family home in 1982 after she discovered her husband's affair with JC, and denies any claims he killed his wife.
Dawson and JC went on to marry and have a child before they separated in 1990.
The trial is still ongoing.
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