By Emily Woods, AAP
The family of Pakenham’s Carol Clay will detail the impact of her death in a hearing today.
Former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn will face a hearing at the Supreme Court in Melbourne today (Thursday 12 September), after his lawyers revealed they will use a rare legal move to try and delay his sentencing.
The 57-year-old continues to maintain his innocence after a jury found him guilty in June of the murder of Carol Clay, 73.
Jurors acquitted him of murdering Russell Hill, 74, who also died at the remote campsite.
The couple went missing from Bucks Camp in the Wonnangatta Valley, Victoria’s alpine region, on 20 March, 2020.
Lynn admitted moving and destroying the couple’s remains, but pleaded not guilty to murder as he claimed their two deaths were accidental.
His barrister told a hearing in July that Lynn would appeal his murder conviction and planned to make a rare application to delay his sentence.
“He maintains that he’s never killed any person at any time, at any place, anywhere, ever,” Dermot Dann KC told the court.
Mr Dann flagged his intention to use a rare legal move under s309 of the Criminal Procedure Act, which would delay Lynn’s sentence pending an appeal.
The appeal will centre on claims the prosecution conducted Lynn’s trial unfairly due to breaking procedural fairness rules, and will also question inconsistencies in the jury’s two verdicts, Mr Dann said.
Despite the challenge, members of Mrs Clay’s family are expected to give victim impact statements to the court on Thursday.
Lynn is facing a maximum penalty of life in prison for the murder.
