Verdict Episode 3: Lyn's Legacy
Description
In our third and final episode diving into Justice Ian Harrison's meticulously detailed judgment, we look at the evidence of Lyn being bruised and her accounts of being subjected to acts of violence at the hands of her husband Chris.
Hedley, Claire, Matthew, and David also discuss the judge’s findings about the evidence given by members of the Simms and Dawson camps, as well as “the paper boy" and "the trolley boy".
As this will be our final episode for some time, we consider Lyn Dawson's legacy and hear from one listener about the profound impact a verdict 40 years in the making has had on her.
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I get the impression that the judge is just trying to be conservative in his acceptance of evidence of Lyn’s murder in order to circumvent any appellate court overturning the conviction. It was probably a smart legal decision, though I wish he could make it clear that his excluding the evidence doesn’t necessarily mean it didn’t happen.