Here's an article on the recent Coroner's finding about Niels Becker who went missing in the Victorian high country six months before Russell and Carol went missing. He disappeared without a trace.
Coroner Ryan concluded that at some stage on October 26 2019, Mr Becker left the track he was walking on after leaving Macalister Hut where "he has become lost or injured and passed away from exposure to the elements".
Thanks for re-posting this. What’s coming out through this wave of reporting now the suppression order is lifted, is that this was a tight community of people at Mount Macedon. There are many neighbours who have always been really bothered by Lynn and sure he was responsible for her death in some way. And he resented that and threatened those people. When Greg Lynn's wife died, 'nothing looked out of place'. But friends have unsolved questions
And now everyone is wondering about the Zig Zag Road murder suicide situation. Yet again, there were animals who were killed in that situation.
It seems to me that if he perceived that couple had helped Lisa he might have had a serious grudge about them and carried it out.
A date has been set for when killer pilot Greg Lynn will find out if his appeal against his murder conviction for the death of Carol Clay has succeeded, or failed.
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D-Day for convicted killer pilot’s appeal
A date has been set for when killer pilot Greg Lynn will learn whether his appeal against his conviction for the murder of Carol Clay is successful or not.
A decision on the appeal will be handed down on Thursday at 9.15am.
Lynn is appealing both the conviction and sentence – with his legal team arguing the trial was corrupted by an “illegitimate attack” on his credibility and the jury’s verdict “made no sense”.
A decision on the appeal will be handed down on Thursday at 9.15am.
By AIDAN KNIGHT Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing NEW details in the case of [...]
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The 59-year-old former pilot began the appeals process last month, challenging the 32-year sentence that was handed to him on October 18, 2024. Not too dissimilarly, a media trinity of The Age, ABC, and Herald Sun appealed to lift the suppression order limiting their reporting, after the guilty verdict was delivered, which is not unusual, as it is usually deemed unnecessary to retain information after a trial has finished.
The magistrate opted not only to maintain the order, however, but also extended its content, now including information related to the death of Lynns’ first wife.
The media formally appealed this new imposition on their work, which Supreme Court Justice Peter Gray accepted, removing the suppression order, a decision he found to be “obvious.
Lynn is appealing both the conviction and sentence – with his legal team arguing the trial was corrupted by an “illegitimate attack” on his credibility and the jury’s verdict “made no sense”.
A decision on the appeal will be handed down on Thursday at 9.15am.
Justice Priest will be presiding over Lynn’s appeal request on 12th December, and later that day will be retiring. There will be a livestream of Justice Priest’s farewell. Link is below.
John Silvester (who speaks as Sly of the Underworld on 3AW) points out in his radio piece that if Lynn is granted an appeal it is only to appeal the conviction for the murder of Carol. He has already been acquitted of the murder of Russell.
However he did say that, if Lynn is granted an appeal and is re-tried, the charges of interfering with a body and destruction of evidence in Russell's case should be reinstated. (My comment: I didn't know they were ever on the table).
Apparently, Russell's daughter Debbie had also said she thought those charges should be reinstated in an earlier 3AW interview.
Sly of the Underworld has spoken on the appeal of Greg Lynn, with Victoria’s Court of Appeal overturning his murder conviction of Carol Clay. Lynn was convicted in October last year of the murder of Ms Clay, but acquitted of the murder of Russell Hill. Press PLAY to find out what he finds...
John Silvester (who speaks as Sly of the Underworld on 3AW) points out in his radio piece that if Lynn is granted an appeal it is only to appeal the conviction for the murder of Carol. He has already been acquitted of the murder of Russell.
However he did say that, if Lynn is granted an appeal and is re-tried, the charges of interfering with a body and destruction of evidence in Russell's case should be reinstated. (My comment: I didn't know they were ever on the table).
Apparently, Russell's daughter Debbie had also said she thought those charges should be reinstated in an earlier 3AW interview.
Sly of the Underworld has spoken on the appeal of Greg Lynn, with Victoria’s Court of Appeal overturning his murder conviction of Carol Clay. Lynn was convicted in October last year of the murder of Ms Clay, but acquitted of the murder of Russell Hill. Press PLAY to find out what he finds...
Surely, even in the unlikely event the murder charge is overturned, there would be a fairly significant penalty for interfering with a body and destruction of evidence, and he would be a slam dunk of being guilty of both because of his testimony in the trial.
1. The prosecutor breached procedural fairness by failing to ask Lynn key questions in cross examination, preventing the jury from fully assessing his responses
2. The use of evidence from a police ballistics expert, alleging that its presentation amounted to a serious departure from the standards of a fair trial;
3. Two further grounds relate to the jury’s deliberations, with the defence arguing that the jury followed an impermissible reasoning pathway and that the verdict is therefore unsafe and unsatisfactory; and
4. That the 32-year sentence imposed is manifestly excessive
For me, whilst the appeal judges were scathing of the prosecution in point 1, Greg was given the option for a retrial and also the judge dealt with the prosecution's errors by severely restricting what evidence could be used. What more could have been done? The defendant didn't think it was unfair to continue the trial.
According to Lynn, the ballistics expert (prosecution's witness), proved that his story was plausible so the jury should have had some doubt about his guilt. But what if the jury reached their verdict after rejecting his story or even rejecting this witnesses evidence?
The jury's pathway to reach the unexpected verdict was clear and permissible.
The very experienced judge handed down a suitably harsh sentence.
If successful, a new trial could be ordered
OR
A permanent stay, effectively granting him immunity from prosecution due to fundamental prejudice (a rare outcome)
OR
Appeal thrown out (with maybe some hope in the sentence appeal - in which case, he could be resentenced immediately)
OR
Both appeals (conviction and sentence) thrown out
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