The 74-year-old appeared sitting in the dock for the first day of the judge-alone trial
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A trial of Chris Dawson, the former teacher and rugby league player convicted of murdering his wife, Lynette, will begin on Monday afternoon examining his alleged relationship with one of his students.
Dawson is on trial accused of one count of carnal knowledge as a teacher of a girl aged over 10 and under 17 years of age.
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