A trial is due to begin for an airline captain accused of murdering Russell Hill and Carol Clay while they were camping in Victoria’s alpine region. Fourteen jurors, including two substitutes, were present at the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Thursday for the trial of Greg Lynn, who is charged with two counts of murder. The 57-year-old man formally pleaded not guilty to each of the murders from the back of the courtroom.
Justice Michael Croucher told jurors that prosecutors would allege Lynn killed Clay, 73, and Hill, 74, while they were camping at Bucks Camp in the Wonnangatta Valley. “It will be alleged that Mr Lynn shot Ms Clay in the head, as a result killing her, and that Mr Lynn killed Mr Hill,” he told the jury. “These events are alleged to have occurred on 20 March, 2020.” He said Lynn was working as an airline captain for Jetstar at the time of the alleged murders.