From The Front: Hedley Thomas appears at Chris Dawson's trial

From The Front: Hedley Thomas appears at Chri...

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Episode 8: The Reporter And The Cop

Hedley Thomas, the award-winning journalist behind The Teacher's Pet podcast, enters the witness box in the trial's eighth week. Thomas mounts a fiery defence of investigative journalism amid a fierce cross-examination by defence barrister Pauline David. Detective Damian Loone al ...  Show more

Episode 9: 'She Took Off'

Police taps on Chris Dawson’s phone in 2018 as episodes of The Teacher’s Pet were unfolding reveal him and his twin brother Paul raging over the former babysitter-cum-wife JC, as well as journalists, TV crews and homicide cop Damian Loone. In one intercept Chris discloses he was ...  Show more

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