High Country killer Greg Lynn attacked in prison; His $1m Caroline Springs home is in jeopardy

Faeces and urine have been thrown at Greg Lynn in a sickening jailhouse attack days after he was found guilty of murder. It comes as Lynn’s $1m home is in jeopardy.

High Country killer Greg Lynn has been targeted in a brazen jailhouse attack.

Faeces and urine were thrown at the high-profile detainee inside the Metropolitan Assessment Prison, days after he was convicted of murdering Carol Clay in the Wonnangatta area of east Gippsland in March, 2020.

The incident has been referred to police.

The attack was ordered by someone who knew the Clay family and was carried out by another inmate, 7News reported.

Greg Lynn had faeces and urine thrown at him in the jailhouse attack. Picture: David Geraghty

Sources also said Lynn had earlier complained about prison conditions.

The former Jetstar pilot had spent the previous 2½ years on remand, charged with the murder of Mrs Clay and her friend Russell Hill.

Lynn was acquitted of Mr Hill’s murder after a Supreme Court jury trial.

MAP, in the CBD, is where prisoners are detained until authorities decide where they will be held permanently.

In Lynn’s case, that may come when he is sentenced by trial judge Michael Croucher.

A Department of Justice and Community Safety statement said the organisation could not comment on individual prisoners or their placement.

“Corrections Victoria takes all incidents very seriously and refers all allegations of criminal activity and serious incidents to Victoria Police for investigation,” the statement said.

The shocking assault comes as the Herald Sun can reveal Lynn’s hold on his $1m home is now in jeopardy.

The Lynn family’s property in Caroline Springs has been in state hands for more than a year amid a lengthy murder prosecution which finished last week.

The Herald Sun revealed in August last year that police had restrained the former Jetstar pilot’s three-bedroom house in the lead up to his double murder trial.

Such clamps are placed on property so that proceeds of sale can provide compensation for victims but the Lynn matter is not yet final.

Lynn’s Caroline Springs home could be sold to compensate the family of Carol Clay. picture: Brooke Grebert-Craig

It is believed he will appeal against the ruling that he murdered Carol Clay, 74, in the Wonnangatta area of East Gippsland in March, 2020.

Should he win an acquittal, the legal restraining order on the property would be lifted.

If the verdict stands, the family of Mrs Clay would potentially be the recipients after a Supreme Court jury last week found that he had killed her.

The jury did not find that Lynn had killed 75-year-old Russell Hill, who died on the same night as his lover, meaning his family is unlikely to be eligible for compensation.

Melanie Lynn has been listed as the sole proprietor of the home since her husband’s arrest. Picture: David Geraghty

Property records show his wife, Melanie Lynn, became the sole proprietor of the home within weeks of her husband’s arrest in November 2021.

She has continued to stand by her husband, supporting him during his trial where he confessed to gruesome acts including burning the bodies of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay.

Carol Clay was murdered by Greg Lynn during a camping trip to the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.

Mrs Lynn lives at the Caroline Springs home, currently plastered with signs warning uninvited visitors not to approach.

It is not known whether her killer husband has any other assets which have been frozen by authorities.

There have been increasing levels of asset restraint in recent years as part of work carried out by the Victoria Police criminal proceeds squad, the Office of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice’s Assets Confiscations Operations.

Another unfinished element of the Lynn saga is the push for answers over the death of his first wife in 1999.

Lisa Lynn was found dead at their home in Mount Macedon, a tragedy attributed to an overdose of antidepressant drugs and alcohol.

Missing persons squad detectives are expected to refer a brief of evidence into her death to the State Coroner.

There are hopes of a fresh inquest into the circumstances of her death, which Mrs Lynn’s friends have long questioned.

Originally published as High Country killer Greg Lynn attacked in prison; His $1m Caroline Springs home is in jeopardy