October 17th 2024.
After months of anticipation, the fate of airline pilot Greg Lynn will finally be decided. It has been four long months since he was convicted of the murder of missing camper Carol Clay, and on Friday, he will be sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court. Lynn, 58, was found guilty by a jury in June for the killing of Clay, whom he shot in the head at a campsite in the Victorian Alps back in March of 2020. He then placed her body, along with the body of her lover Russell Hill, into a trailer and drove them to a remote bush track.
However, it wasn't until seven months later, after the COVID-19 lockdown had lifted, that Lynn returned to the scene and burned the remains of the couple into more than 2000 bone fragments. Throughout the entire ordeal, the former Jetstar pilot maintained his innocence, claiming that the deaths were accidental. But despite his claims, the jury found him guilty of the murder of Clay, while acquitting him of Hill's death. Lynn still denies the murder but has admitted to destroying the couple's remains and much of the evidence at the campsite.
During a pre-sentence hearing in September, prosecutor Daniel Porceddu argued that Lynn should be sentenced to life in prison for the "cold-blooded and callous" murder of a vulnerable elderly woman. On the other hand, Lynn's barrister Dermot Dann KC claimed that the jury took a "forbidden pathway" in delivering split verdicts, and argued that there was no clear motive for the killings. Dann also hinted at a potential appeal of Lynn's murder conviction, stating that the prosecution conducted the trial unfairly and that there were inconsistencies in the two verdicts.
Justice Michael Croucher is set to deliver Lynn's sentence on Friday morning, and the outcome will mark the end of a long and harrowing legal battle. For more information on this case, you can search for The Missing Campers Trial in your podcast app and follow the updates for free.
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