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

[JBowie]

Read this and see what you think....Lynn & Zig Zag Rd

That SMH article form 2024 is pay-walled for most.

Meanwhile here's the coroner's findings in 2011, according to ABC news:

A coronial inquest has found financial problems were the likely reason behind a murder-suicide in the Macedon Ranges in March last year.

Inquest finds money woes behind murder-suicide

A coronial inquest has found financial problems were the likely reason behind a murder-suicide in the Macedon Ranges in March last year.

www.abc.net.au

 

[BreakingNews]

Sixty Minutes this Sunday night has a story about his ex wife

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I've read a lot about the neighours deaths and I'm not convinced it was murder suicide.

 

[Bats]

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".

Coroner says Mount Buller hiker missing since 2019 is dead but no third party was involved

A Coroner has determined that Niels Gunther Becker, 39, who went missing at Mount Buller in 2019 is dead but that no third party was involved.

www.abc.net.au

 

[KathPlumber]

Read this and see what you think....Lynn & Zig Zag Rd

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.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

D-Day for convicted killer pilot’s appeal

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.

au.news.yahoo.com

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.

 

[JBowie]

A decision on the appeal will be handed down on Thursday at 9.15am.

I'm punting (with fingers crossed) on "appeal denied".

 

[TootsieFootsie]

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/date-set-for-killer-pilot-greg-lynn-to-learn-fate-in-appeal-over-carol-clays-murder-in-victorias-high-country/news-story/2bc2567aa38287c52d516bbffa7b6578

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.

 

[JBowie]

“illegitimate attack” on his credibility and the jury’s verdict “made no sense”.

Credibility: as in when he failed to report the deaths but burned the bodies instead?

Verdict made no sense: now there's a stretch!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Lynn’s dark past now revealed

By AIDAN KNIGHT Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing NEW details in the case of [...]

latrobevalleyexpress.com.au

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.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/date-set-for-killer-pilot-greg-lynn-to-learn-fate-in-appeal-over-carol-clays-murder-in-victorias-high-country/news-story/2bc2567aa38287c52d516bbffa7b6578

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.

His credibility went out the window when he repeatedly lied to the police before about-facing. Just a pity it was deemed inadmissible in court.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Only one more sleep til we find out if his appeal is successful or not.

 

[Marg944]

https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/lists/SCV_Daily_List.pdf

 

[Marg944]

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.

Farewell ceremony for Justice Priest

The Supreme Court will host a farewell ceremony for Justice Phillip Priest on Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 5pm.

www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au

https://vimeo.com/event/5532555

 

[SouthAussie]

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.

What Sly finds 'bizarre' in the Greg Lynn appeal

Sly of the Underworld has spoken on the appeal of Greg Lynn, with the decision set to be handed down on Thursday morning. Lynn was convicted in October last year of the murder of Carol Clay, but acquitted of the murder of Russell Hill. Press PLAY to find out what he finds ‘bizarre’ in the […]

www.3aw.com.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I thought he was also appealing the length of the sentence.

 

[SouthAussie]

I thought he was also appealing the length of the sentence.

Yes. What they mean is the appeal is only to do with Lynn's conviction (and sentence) in Carol's case.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

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.

What Sly finds 'bizarre' in the Greg Lynn appeal

Sly of the Underworld has spoken on the appeal of Greg Lynn, with the decision set to be handed down on Thursday morning. Lynn was convicted in October last year of the murder of Carol Clay, but acquitted of the murder of Russell Hill. Press PLAY to find out what he finds ‘bizarre’ in the […]

www.3aw.com.au

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.

 

[Bats]

Just to recap what Greg Lynn is appealing...

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.

All my opinion. Appeal should be denied.

Here is an interesting read...

Greg Lynn | Rule of Law Education Centre

www.ruleoflaw.org.au