Missing campers jury asks to review key evidence

The jury in the trial of accused high country killer Greg Lynn has asked to watch the former pilot’s testimony again as it considers its verdict in the high-profile case.

Carol Clay and Russell Hill went missing during a camping trip to the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.

The jury in the trial of accused high country killer Greg Lynn will watch the recorded testimony of the former pilot, as well as that of a ballistics expert.

The 12-person Supreme Court jury has been deliberating since 10am on Monday.

On Tuesday afternoon, the jury asked for a recording of the testimonies of Mr Lynn and Paul Griffiths, a ballistics expert with Victoria Police who conducted testing on Mr Lynn’s shotgun.

The jury has requested a recording of the testimonies of Mr Lynn and ballistics expert Paul Griffiths. Picture: Supplied

On Wednesday morning – the third day of deliberations – Justice Michael Croucher told the jury they would receive the recorded testimonies on a USB.

“So you can play that in the jury room at your leisure,” he said.

The judge said Mr Lynn’s evidence went for about two hours and 35 minutes while Leading Senior Constable Griffith’s was about 2.5 hours.

Their evidence was recorded from cameras inside the courtroom trained on the witness box which live streamed proceedings.

The jury was told they would also receive a table outlining where various bits of evidence were in the files.

Justice Croucher said it was up to the jury if they wanted to watch all the evidence or specific parts.

If they were interested in a particular topic, he said they should consider how that evidence was dealt with in evidence-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination.

Mr Lynn has pleaded not guilty to murder, telling police the pair died in separate accidents as he wrestled with Mr Hill over a gun and a knife.

The jurors, who have sat through 23 days of evidence and directions, were earlier instructed they could no longer consider an alternate charge of manslaughter.