Greg Lynn will remain in custody after the Victorian Supreme Court refused him bail. Lynn, 60, is charged with murdering Carol Clay, 73, who went missing while camping in Victoria's High Country in March 2020. The former Jetstar pilot was granted a retrial in December after the appeal court found a substantial miscarriage of justice in his first trial. In his bail bid, Lynn told the court he had been assaulted with faeces and held in solitary confinement. Chief Justice Richard Niall ruled that these conditions and five years on remand were not exceptional.
Accused killer Greg Lynn has told the Victorian Supreme Court he was attacked with faeces in prison while seeking bail. Lynn, 60, is charged with the murder of Carol Clay, 73, who went missing while camping in Victoria's High Country in March 2020. He said he was placed in solitary confinement after the first attack and was assaulted again in July. His barrister argues his vulnerability in custody is an exceptional reason for release. The prosecution opposes bail, and Chief Justice Richard Niall has reserved his decision.
Former airline pilot Greg Lynn has told the Victorian Supreme Court he was attacked twice in prison, including once with a jug of faeces thrown at him. Lynn, 60, is seeking bail before his retrial in May next year over the alleged murder of Carol Clay, 73, who vanished in March 2020 during a camping trip to the Wonnangatta Valley. Lynn maintains he is innocent. Crown prosecutor Mark Gibson KC argued that Lynn had not met the high threshold needed for bail. Chief Justice Richard Niall reserved his decision.
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Queensland's Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial of a man previously acquitted of murder, the first such order in the state under double jeopardy laws. The man cannot be legally identified. Prosecutors argued fresh evidence, including two alleged confessions, justified the retrial over the alleged 2009 killing of a man in Logan. The court found the confessions placed the man at the scene and that a fair trial was likely. The retrial order follows the state's second use of the laws since they were introduced in 2014.
Former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn will make a fresh bail application ahead of his retrial next year. The 60-year-old has filed documents with the Victorian Supreme Court, with a hearing set for October 22 before Chief Justice Richard Niall. Lynn is accused of murdering Carol Clay, 73, during a camping trip with Russell Hill, 74, in the remote Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020. He has pleaded not guilty and maintains her death was an accident. A new trial was ordered in December last year after the Court of Appeal found fundamental unfairness in his first trial.
Greg Lynn, accused of murdering camper Carol Clay, will apply for bail a second time ahead of his retrial. Lynn, 60, is charged over Ms Clay's disappearance from Victoria's High Country in March 2020, when she was camping with friend Russell Hill. The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial in December, finding a substantial miscarriage of justice in his first trial. His earlier bail application in the Supreme Court was refused, with Justice David Beach finding no exceptional circumstances. The new application will be heard on October 22, and the retrial is set to begin on May 24, 2027.
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