1 week Ago By Erin Pearson
Lynn arrived at the Supreme Court in a prison van shortly before 9.30am. He was partially shielded from public view by court security.
Dressed in a black suit and blue shirt, he was the first prisoner taken off the prison van and was swiftly ushered inside as the rain pelted down. Here is the picture Age photographer Joe Armao took this morning: Lynn arrives at the Supreme Court on Friday. Credit: Eddie Jim Gregory Lynn has always maintained that both Russell Hill and Carol Clay died in separate accidents minutes apart at a remote campsite in the Wonnangatta Valley in the state’s high county in March 2020.
He admitted to burning their campsite and staging it to appear as if a robbery had occurred, bundling the two bodies into a trailer, and hiding them in remote bushland north of Dargo. Lynn arrives at the Supreme Court in September. Credit: Joe Armao The airline pilot returned to that second site, Union Spur Track, eight months later where he burned the remains and scattered the ash under a nearby tree to distance himself from what had occurred.
He was arrested almost another year later, leading police to the location of the ashen remains before being charged with murder. It was later revealed he went to extensive efforts to separate himself from the case, painting his Nissan Patrol from a dark blue-grey colour to beige during the coronavirus lockdowns. Former airline pilot Gregory Lynn is set to be sentenced in the Supreme Court later this morning for murdering camper Carol Clay, 73.
On June 25, a jury found Lynn, 58, guilty of murdering Clay following a five-week trial. Lynn arrives at the Supreme Court on Friday. Credit: Eddie Jim Following seven days of deliberations, jurors rejected Lynn’s claims that Clay died accidentally at a remote campsite in eastern Victoria.
In the split verdict, they found Lynn not guilty of murdering fellow camper Russell Hill, 74. At the time, families of Hill and Clay issued a statement expressing devastation at the not guilty verdict for Hill. “We thank the jury for their verdict of guilty in the murder of Carol Clay.
It was an extremely difficult task, given that the accused destroyed so much evidence. The verdict of not guilty in relation to the murder Russell Hill is devastating,” they said. The standard sentence for murder in Victoria is 25 years in jail.
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