Lawyers open their case after Lynn, 57, pleaded not guilty to murdering the pair in Victoria’s Wonnangatta Valley
Greg Lynn trial: pilot covered up deaths of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay after tragic accident, lawyer tells courtA dispute involving the use of a drone and deer hunting escalated until two elderly campers were accidentally killed, the lawyer for airline pilot Gregory Stuart Lynn has told a Victorian supreme court murder trial.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Hill then accused Lynn of hunting too close to camp, and said that he planned to take drone footage proving this to police, the court heard. According to the account given to police, Hill fired a shot into the air when Lynn attempted to retrieve the gun. Lynn said he retreated for cover, and told police he was “scared shitless”, but decided he had to get his gun back.
Dann said Lynn then “disentangled himself” from Hill, went to Clay, and found that she was dead. Lynn returned to Hill, and found he was also dead.
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