Shaynna Blaze reacts to ‘Teacher’s Pet’ verdict after Chris Dawson is found GUILTY of wife’s murder

The Block’s Shaynna Blaze has reacted to news Chris Dawson has been found guilty of the murder of his first wife Lynette Dawson 40 years ago.

In a dramatic day in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dawson, 74, was found guilty by Justice Ian Harrison just after 3pm – bringing to a close a mystery that has haunted Lynette’s family and Sydney’s northern beaches for four decades.

‘It’s taken 40 years for justice for Lynette Dawson and her family,’ Shaynna wrote on Instagram.

‘My heart goes out to her family for the pain they have endured at the hands of someone that was meant to be Lynette’s partner, not her murderer.’

Dawson, 74, has spent his first night behind bars after he was found guilty of the murder of his first wife 40 years ago.

The verdict handed down by NSW Supreme Court judge Justice Ian Harrison following a 10-week trial ends a mystery that has haunted Lynette’s family and Sydney’s northern beaches for four decades.

‘My heart goes out to her family for the pain they have endured at the hands of someone that was meant to be Lynette’s partner, not her murderer,’ Shaynna wrote on Instagram

In his decision, Justice Harrison agreed with the Crown’s argument that Dawson was motivated to kill his wife to gain ‘unfettered’ access to his teenage girlfriend JC.

He also ruled Dawson held a deep animosity towards Lynette and wanted to escape the financial and custodial implications of a divorce.

‘I am satisfied he resolved to kill his wife’, and that there was also the financial motive of potentially losing his investments,’ Justice Harrison said.

Justice Harrison said that potentially losing JC in early 1982 may have also been a motive for the murder.

Dawson (pictured) has spent his first night behind bars after he was found guilty of the murder of his first wife 40 years ago

Justice Harrison said the evidence did not reveal just how Dawson killed Lynette, and where her body is now.

There were gasps in the courtroom the moment Dawson was found guilty – following some 4.5 hours of the judge reading out his reasons – with Dawson shaking his head very slightly and his twin brother Paul muttering ‘bulls***’.

Two prison officers entered the room and handcuffed him. Dawson appeared to limp as he was led away to be taken into custody. He will be locked up at Silverwater Correctional Centre as he awaits sentencing.

The verdict handed down by NSW Supreme Court judge Justice Ian Harrison following a 10-week trial ends a mystery that has haunted Lynette’s family and Sydney’s northern beaches for four decades