‘I haven’t behaved well’: Watch camper killer Greg Lynn’s police interview

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In a bitterly acold Sale constabulary presumption interrogation room, camper slayer Gregory Lynn sits wrapped successful a broad and with a COVID disguise down nether his nose.

It’s November 2021, Lynn has conscionable been arrested implicit the disappearance of Russell Hill and Carol Clay, and he’s calmly telling constabulary what helium says led to the pair’s deaths.

The Supreme Court of Victoria released footage connected Friday of astir fractional of Lynn’s grounds of interrogation with detectives, which ran implicit 3 days, aft helium was convicted this week of murdering Clay, 73.

It’s the archetypal clip the nationalist has heard Lynn’s dependable telling his story, which the assemblage yet rejected.

In it, helium speaks of Hill and Clay arriving astatine Bucks Camp successful the Wonnangatta Valley wherever the 3 exchanged pleasantries.

The adjacent day, Lynn says helium went hunting successful the bush nearby, wherever helium discovered a drone was flying supra him. When helium returned to the campsite helium again saw the drone, this clip with Hill.

Lynn told constabulary that aft meal helium confronted the older antheral astir being recorded, with Hill alleging the 57-year-old had been hunting excessively adjacent to campy and threatened to instrumentality his drone footage to police.

Lynn says helium returned to his campsite aft the statement and turned up the euphony to annoy the 74-year-old.

What followed were the deaths of Clay and Hill. While Lynn told constabulary these occurred successful abstracted accidents, a assemblage this week recovered him blameworthy of murdering Clay but not blameworthy of murdering Hill.

The interrogation is punctuated by pauses successful Lynn’s communicative portion helium looks astatine maps, draws diagrams and helps constabulary place the country wherever Hill and Clay’s remains tin beryllium found.

With glasses perched connected the extremity of his nose, helium besides demonstrates with constabulary however helium says the combat with Hill implicit a weapon unfolded and Clay was killed.

Lynn said helium past drove the bodies to a 2nd site, called Union Spur Track, a fewer hours distant and implicit the pursuing months returned determination to pain the remains.

He besides revealed that portion stoking the occurrence from sunset to sunrise successful November 2020, 8 months aft the deaths, helium was physically sick but focused connected the task astatine hand.

“I conscionable focused connected getting the occupation done,” helium said.

When challenged astir wherefore helium didn’t spell to constabulary if the deaths were an accident, helium matter-of-factly replies that helium feared being blamed for the deaths and losing the things successful his beingness that meant the astir to him.

“I panicked to prevention myself,” helium tells detectives.

At the extremity of the interrogation with Detective Senior Constable Brett Florence and Detective Leading Senior Constable Daniel Passingham, Lynn was told helium would beryllium charged with murder.

“I haven’t behaved well, I’ve made immoderate mediocre decisions, but murder, arsenic I recognize it, I americium innocent,” helium replied.

While it was not known however Hill was killed, the prosecution said constabulary believed Hill died first, and past Clay was changeable successful the caput due to the fact that she was a witness.

The families of Hill and Clay aboriginal issued a connection thanking the prosecution and constabulary for their efforts, but expressed devastation astatine the not-guilty verdict for Hill.

Lynn was remanded successful custody to look successful tribunal successful July for a pre-sentence hearing.

A caller podcast from 9News, The Age and 9Podcasts volition travel the tribunal lawsuit arsenic it unfolds. The Missing Campers Trial is the archetypal podcast to travel a assemblage proceedings successful existent clip successful Victoria. It’s presented by Nine newsman Penelope Liersch and Age newsman Erin Pearson.