Lynette Dawson told her sister in the weeks before she disappeared in January 1982 that her husband Chris was always angry with her, a court has heard.
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Helena Simms, the mother of alleged murder victim Lynette Dawson, kept a diary to document the mistreatment of her daughter before she disappeared in 1982, a court has heard.