Tennessee newlywed Bradley Dawson, who is accused of killing his wife Christe Chen on their honeymoon at the exclusive Turtle Island Resort, was denied bail by a judge on Wednesday.
Bradley Dawson, 39, appeared in the High Court in Fiji s second-largest city, Lautoka, on Wednesday afternoon, and was denied bail by Judge Riyaz Hamza.
Bradly Dawson, 39, from Tennessee, appeared in the High Court in Lautoka over the killing of Christe Chen, 36, on July 9 to deny the charges on Wednesday.
Christe Chen Dawson (NEW YORK) A Memphis, Tennessee man that prosecutors in Fiji say fatally beat his wife in early July at an exclusive resort pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the High Court of Lautoka. Prosecutors say that Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, killed Christe Chen Dawson, 36, while the couple vacationed on their honeymoon at the exclusive Turtle Island Resort and then fled to a neighboring island where he was arrested less than two days later. They presented Judge Riyaz Hamza an interview Dawson gave police upon his arrest in which they say he admits the couple got into a drunken argument that became physical and resulted in a broken windowpane and damage to the toilet in the bathroom. "Christe was next to the toilet. She was hurt … There was blood and a cut on her face," Dawson told police, according to prosecutors. He later said he left the room and, upon returning, "freaked out" and fled on a kayak, prosecutors added. At the time of his arrest, he was f