A former Australian school teacher accused of killing his wife - in a case that was the subject of a popular crime podcast - will face trial for murder, a judge has ruled.
Chris Dawson, 72, has been on bail since his arrest in December 2018.
The judge said that no application for a permanent stay of proceedings - which Mr Dawson's lawyers sought - had ever been granted before on the basis of a podcast and the subsequent "media storm".
"Her Honour was left in no doubt that the adverse publicity in this case or, more accurately, the unrestrained and uncensored public commentary about Lynette Dawson's suspected murder, is the most egregious example of media interference with a criminal trial process which this court has had to consider in deciding whether to take the extraordinary step of permanently staying a criminal prosecution."……
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54294247
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