Gregory Lynn has revealed to a jury what he says happened at a remote campsite that led to the deaths of campers Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73.
Accused missing-campers murderer Gregory Lynn says the elderly pair died in an accident after Russell Hill took his gun and threatened to report the airline pilot for hunting too close to their remote campsite.
Dann said Hill expressed concern that hunting was occurring too close to the camp and that someone close to him had previously been accidentally killed by a deer hunter. The jury was told Lynn then made a series of terrible choices, fearing his life would be “screwed” and tried to make the disaster go away.
“On the defence case, this is not a case of two cases of murder or two cases of manslaughter. This is a case of two accidental tragic deaths. Tragic accidental deaths in circumstances which were not of Lynn’s making and not of his choosing,” Dann said.Earlier, the court heard Hill told his wife Robyn he was going away camping at Wonnangatta for about a week before collecting Clay from her Pakenham home at 7.30am on March 19, 2020, arriving in the High Country later that day.
Porceddu told the court that while it was also not known how Hill was killed, police allege he died first – in conflict with Lynn’s account – before Clay was shot in the head as she crouched down near the canopy of the pair’s Landcruiser.“He did not report the deaths of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay or contact police,” Porceddu said.
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