D-day for Lynn: High country killer to learn sentencing fate
High country killer Greg Lynn will today find out if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of missing camper Carol Clay.
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High country killer Greg Lynn will today find out if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of missing camper Carol Clay.
The former airline pilot, 58, was found guilty of the murder of Mrs Clay, 73, who along with Russell Hill, 74, vanished during a camping trip to the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.
Lynn was cleared of killing Mr Hill.
He will face a sentencing hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday.
Prosecutors had pushed for Lynn to be jailed for life, noting the extraordinary steps he took in covering up his crimes, including dumping the pair’s bodies in remote bushland before later returning and burning what was left of the remains.
He had also shown “no remorse” for Mrs Clay’s murder, and his apology during his testimony was “nothing more than self-serving”.
“The murder was cold blooded and callous,” Crown prosecutor Daniel Porceddu told a pre-sentence hearing.
“The prosecution submits that the imposition of a life sentence is appropriate in this case.”
Lynn, who has spent nearly three years on remand, was found guilty by a jury in June after a five-week long trial.
He claimed the couple were accidentally killed in separate struggles involving a shotgun and a kitchen knife after a dispute with Mr Hill over his drone.
But the 12-person jury rejected his account and unanimously agreed he murdered Mrs Clay — but not Mr Hill — before disposing of and burning their bodies to conceal his involvement.
The incident took place in a remote campground and there were no eyewitnesses.
Prosecutors conceded the precise circumstances, such as a motive, were unknown other than that Mrs Clay was “shot to the head”.
But they argued Lynn likely murdered Mr Hill after a dispute over the elderly camper’s drone, before shooting Mrs Clay because she was a witness.
Nearly 50 witnesses, including other campers, hunters, family and friends of the missing campers, forensic experts, police and Lynn himself were called to give evidence at trial.
Lynn’s barrister Dermot Dann KC previously flagged his client intended to appeal his conviction.
Originally published as D-day for Lynn: High country killer to learn sentencing fate
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