Killer pilot attacked by inmate in prison
Convicted murderer Greg Lynn has been attacked in prison less than a week after he was found guilty of one count of murder.
Human faeces was thrown at Lynn by a fellow inmate at the Melbourne Assessment Prison last week, Channel 7 reports.
Lynn, 57, was found guilty of murdering Carol Clay, 73, when a jury returned its verdict in Melbourne last week.
He was found not guilty of the murder of 74-year-old Russell Hill.
Lynn is being held in the Melbourne Assessment Prison ahead of sentencing, where he was allegedly attacked.
Channel 7 reports an inmate who knows Ms Clay’s family asked another inmate to conduct the attack.
The 57-year-old is being held in a protection unit in the prison where he can mix with other inmates.
It took seven days of deliberations for the jury to convict Lynn Ms Clay’s murder.
The elder couple had been camping in the Wonnangatta Valley. After the deaths, Lynn burnt their remains.
At trial prosecutors argued Lynn murdered the pair after a dispute with Mr Hill, likely over his drone or footage captured on the drone.
The defence case was Mr Hill confronted Lynn for hunting deer too close to their camp and Lynn’s gun discharged, killing Mrs Clay as the men wrestled. The defence argued the older man then came at Mr Lynn with a knife, they wrestled, and Mr Hill fell onto the blade.
After the verdicts, the families of Mr Hill and Ms Clay said they were “both relieved and devastated” by the verdict.
“The verdict of not guilty in relation to the murder [of] Russell Hill is devastating. There was not enough evidence to be sure of how he died,” they said in the statement.
“We thank the jury for their verdict of guilty in the murder of Carol Clay. It was an extremely difficult task given that the accused destroyed so much evidence.”
