Jury to hear first details in missing campers murder trial

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Jury to perceive archetypal details successful missing campers execution trial

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Opening statements successful the lawsuit of accused missing campers’ slayer Gregory Lynn are acceptable to beryllium outlined to a Supreme Court assemblage for the archetypal clip connected Friday, time 1 of the hose pilot’s execution trial.

On Thursday, Lynn, 57, pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of execution implicit the deaths of Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, arsenic a 14-person assemblage was selected.

This masthead volition bring you regular updates of the proceedings erstwhile it starts from 10.30am.

Daniel Porceddu is representing the prosecution and Dermot Dann, KC, is representing Lynn.

Lynn is accused of sidesplitting Hill and Clay astatine Wonnangatta Valley, successful the state’s Alpine region, successful March 2020.

The prosecution alleges each 3 were camping astatine Bucks Camp successful the vale erstwhile the killings occurred.

In directions to the jury, Justice Michael Croucher said that to convict Lynn, the prosecution indispensable beryllium its lawsuit beyond tenable doubt, the highest modular of impervious Victoria’s instrumentality required.

The proceedings is expected to instrumentality betwixt 4 and six weeks.

More to come.

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.