Article 6NG2G Judge in Greg Lynn murder trial says jury can’t find him guilty of manslaughter as an alternate verdict

Judge in Greg Lynn murder trial says jury can’t find him guilty of manslaughter as an alternate verdict

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Adeshola Ore
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Justice Michael Croucher summarises case to jurors after ex-Jetstar pilot pleaded not guilty to murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay

The jury in the trial of a former Jetstar pilot accused of murdering two elderly campers in the Victorian high country will not be able to consider an alternative charge of manslaughter, the state's supreme court has heard.

Gregory Stuart Lynn, 57, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, at a remote camping site in the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.

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