Australia - Russell Hill & Carol Clay Murdered While Camping - Wonnangatta Valley, 2020 #9

[Sir_Loin]

Greg Lynn and trying to pull a rabbit from a legal hat

The defence thought it would win and chose not to push for a new trial. To now say it was a miscarriage of justice is a little like getting a free kick, playing on, hitting the post and then asking for another shot.

www.theage.com.au

July 26 2024 Article by John Silvester.

Behind a paywall, I think. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

Missed that. Thanks

 

[SouthAussie]

Greg Lynn and trying to pull a rabbit from a legal hat

The defence thought it would win and chose not to push for a new trial. To now say it was a miscarriage of justice is a little like getting a free kick, playing on, hitting the post and then asking for another shot.

www.theage.com.au

July 26 2024 Article by John Silvester.

Behind a paywall, I think. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

Well, that clarifies what happened when Dann broached the bail issue.
Croucher basically told him to not even go there, that the chance of bail is as remote as Croucher winning the Stawell Gift.

(paraphrased from your linked article)

The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. Link

 

[sapphire blue]

Nothing masterful about that interview. It was the interviewee that voluntarily gave them ALL the information that was required. It is obvious the two interviewers believed what was being stated to them IMO, so that is what you are calling 'masterful'.

what makes you so sure that they believed what was being stated to them?

IMO they didn’t believe a word of it, he thought he was gaming them, narcs think they are smarter than detectives who have dealt with all manner of slimy lying characters. their ability to discern truth from fiction is far better than GLs pantomime performance.

 

[SouthAussie]

John Silvester (in the latest article that Tootsie linked) said it seems obvious how the jury came to their decisions.

The jury asked for Lynn's testimony and the ballistic expert's evidence.
They overlayed the two to test Lynn's version of events.
And John Sylvester feels that the jury then found Lynn's story wildly improbable, leaving the prosecution's case the version that remained. Guilty.

(paraphrased from The Age article) - it is a good, descriptive article. I wish everyone could read it.

 

[Sir_Loin]

what makes you so sure that they believed what was being stated to them?

IMO they didn’t believe a word of it, he thought he was gaming them, narcs think they are smarter than detectives who have dealt with all manner of slimy lying characters. their ability to discern truth from fiction is far better than GLs pantomime performance.

Spot on. Greg Lynn physically demonstrating the Jackie Chan-esque move he said he pulled on a knife attack in the dark made me laugh out loud.

Of course the police didn’t believe him. They’ve been trained in this stuff. Just imagine them debriefing afterwards and the choice words they would have used.

Little River Raiders, his pistol club, his high country larping, hunts on his own where he never bags anything. Walter Mitty incarnate.