Missing campers case: Trial of accused killer Greg Lynn pushed back to 2024

The trial of accused high country killer Gregory Lynn will not take place until next year.

Accused high country killer Gregory Lynn.

The trial for accused high country killer Gregory Lynn will not run until next year.

The former Jetstar pilot was expected to stand trial in the Supreme Court in October over the murders of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in March 2020.

But in an administrative hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, the six-week trial was pushed back four months and is now not expected until mid-February.

Mr Lynn, 56, beamed into the court from Melbourne Assessment Prison where he has been on remand since he was arrested and charged in November 2021 — 20 months after Mr Hill, 75, and Ms Clay, 73, were allegedly killed.

Carol Clay.

Russell Hill.

Defence barrister Dermot Dann, KC, appeared for Mr Lynn.

Ian Dickie appeared for the prosecution.

Mr Lynn did not say anything throughout the hearing, only raising his hand at Judicial Registrar Tim Freeman’s request to acknowledge he could see and hear the court.

Mr Freeman asked the Caroline Springs father of three and the parties to return to court in June.

He then ordered the trial be moved to early next year, but allocated three weeks of the original October dates to be used for pre-trial arguments.