Accused high country killer Greg Lynn plagued by financial woes
The lawyer for accused high country killer Greg Lynn says his legal funding issues have worsened, as his delayed murder trial now looms.
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The high-profile lawyer for accused high country killer Greg Lynn says his client’s financial difficulties have worsened.
Mr Lynn’s murder trial was due to begin in October but it was pushed back to next year after his barrister Dermot Dann KC last month revealed the former Jetstar pilot was facing funding issues.
During an administrative hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, Mr Dann said legal funding was not in place but other options were being explored.
“The battle to secure appropriate funding continues and the difficulties associated with that have intensified,” he said.
But he said Mr Lynn was eager to stick to a timetable that would see his trial, which could run for six-weeks, begin in mid-February.
Supreme Court judicial registrar Timothy Freeman said a preliminary trial date of February 13 had been fixed.
He added an application to Victorian Legal Aid could be made if Mr Lynn’s funding issues persisted.
The court heard a financial interest Mr Lynn may have in an undisclosed property was part of the issues his legal team was looking at.
Mr Lynn appeared in court via video link from Melbourne Assessment Prison where he has been on remand since he was arrested and charged with the murders of missing campers Russell Hill, 75, and Carol Clay, 73.
Crown prosecutor John Dickie told Thursday’s hearing four more statements had been submitted in evidence.
He said he expected other items, including police air wing footage of the Wonnangatta Valley, where the couple disappeared in March 2020, and phone record evidence would also be submitted.
Mr Lynn, who has been on remand since his arrest in November 2021, will reappear in court in October for pre-trial argument.
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