Former pilot Greg Lynn seeks bail before retrial in murder case of camper Carol Clay

Former airline pilot Greg Lynn, 60, will seek release from custody in a bail application before Chief Justice Richard Niall of the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday. Lynn has consistently denied killing 73-year-old camper Carol Clay, who vanished with 74-year-old Russell Hill during a March 2020 camping trip in the remote Wonnangatta Valley of Victoria’s High Country. After a 2024 trial, Lynn was found guilty of Clay’s murder but cleared of Hill’s death; however, a three-judge Court of Appeal later overturned the conviction, citing a substantial miscarriage of justice caused by unfair prosecutorial actions.

The appellate panel ordered a retrial, which is scheduled to begin in May next year before Justice Michael O’Connell. Lynn, a father of three, will argue for bail while awaiting the new proceedings, continuing to claim the couple died in an accident.