By AIDAN KNIGHT
GREG Lynn has been granted an appeal to his sentence of 32 years’ jail for shooting camper Carol Clay in Victoria’s High Country Killings, and a second trial has been ordered for 28 January, 2026.
The appeal outcome began at 9:15am Thursday, December 11.
The same morning 49,000 Victorian students received their VCE results, Greg Lynn received a result of a different variety.
Lynn’s conviction was set aside in the Court of Appeal by President Karin Emerton, citing “serious irregularities” of the trial process that possessed a “substantial” likelihood of a miscarriage of justice.
He will be held in custody until the January date of the Supreme Court Mention, where he will be required to attend in person at 9:30am in Melbourne.
Lyn is permitted “without prejudice as to any application for bail he may make in the meantime”, as Emerton stated in the court.
Lynn’s original conviction from October 18, 2024, has been overturned, highlighting the critical importance of safeguarding fair trial procedures.
The retrial is expected to draw keen attention across the Latrobe Valley and beyond, given the case’s high profile and the serious legal issues raised in the appeal process.
The community, along with those closely following the justice system, will now look to the next phase as the court prepares to revisit the complex case, which may include previously suppressed information on his alleged intimidation of his late wife back in 1999, which was withheld in the late trial to prevent bias.
