Former Jetstar pilot attacked with faeces days after being convicted of murdering Carol Clay

Convicted murderer Greg Lynn was the victim of a vicious attack in prison just days after the verdict was announced in the case of Carol Clay and Russell Hill.

The former Jetstar pilot was found guilty of the murder of 73-year-old Clay by the Supreme Court in Victoria last Tuesday, but not of the murder of 74-year-old Hill.

The 57-year-old had pleaded not guilty to the murders of the two campers on March 20, 2020 in the Wonnangatta Valley in the Alpine region of Victoria.

The jury had been deliberating on the murder charge against Lynn since June 14.

It has now been revealed that Lynn was pelted with human faeces last week by another inmate at Melbourne Assessment Prison, where he is awaiting sentencing.

The inmate was reportedly encouraged by another inmate to attack Lynn, 7News reported.

Lynn is currently being held in a protection unit within the facility where he is allowed to have contact with other inmates, including Lachlan Young, who is suspected of killing 23-year-old Ballarat resident Hannah McGuire.

Lynn is known to be unhappy in prison and has already complained that the living conditions there are substandard.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security said in a statement that they do not comment on individual cases involving prisoners.

“Corrections Victoria takes all incidents very seriously and refers all allegations of criminal activity and serious incidents to Victoria Police for investigation,” they said.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Corrections Victoria for further comment.

During his murder trial, Lynn claimed that Mr Hill and Ms Clay’s deaths were accidental, but admitted to burning the crime scene and destroying their bodies.

During the trial, 49 witnesses were called, including national park rangers, weed cutters, campers, deer hunters, police forensic and ballistics experts, and the families of Mr Hill and Ms Clay.

Mr. Hill was married and the couple were having a secret affair when they disappeared.

Lynn, Mr. Hill and Ms. Clay were the only people remaining at Bucks Camp that evening, March 20, 2020.

Lynn said he was deer hunting when he received a threat from Mr. Hill saying he had drone footage of Lynn hunting too close to the campground and would turn it over to the police.

Later that evening, he said, Mr. Hill took a shotgun and ammunition from Lynn’s car.

Lynn claimed that he tried to take his gun from Mr. Hill, who then fired a few warning shots before pointing the gun at Lynn.

Lynn and Mr. Hill were wrestling over the gun, Lynn claimed, when another shot went off, hitting the side of Mr. Hill’s Ute mirror, ricocheting and entering Ms. Clay’s head.

Gunshot fragments were later found, proving that Ms. Clay died in a shootout.

Mr Hill then attacked Lynn with a knife, the pilot claimed, and a second fight ensued.

Lynn said he was trying to defend himself when the knife entered Mr. Hill’s chest, and the jury was not presented with any evidence about how Mr. Hill died.

Lynn admitted to burning down the couple’s campsite, loading their bodies onto a trailer and driving to the Union Spur Track, where he unloaded their bodies and covered them with sticks.

He returned twice, including in November 2020, when he set fire to the remains of Mr Hill and Ms Clay.

He was arrested a year later. He told his story to police and led investigators to the couple’s bodies, which were found to have disintegrated into 2,100 bone fragments.

Lynn maintained his innocence in the murder and admitted to the jury that his actions in covering up the crime, including repainting the SUV he used to dispose of the bodies, were “despicable.”

His defense team said he had already offered to plead guilty to destroying evidence before the trial began.

However, prosecutors said Lynn’s story was fictitious and that his behavior after the murders proved beyond a doubt that he had intended to murder the couple.

Lynn, wearing a suit and blue sweater, remained silent as the two verdicts were read and raised his eyebrows when he learned of his fate.

After the jury left the room, he waved to his son Geordie, who was sitting in front of him in the courtroom.

He spoke with his lawyers before being escorted out of the courtroom by detention officers. The verdict will be announced at a later date.

The maximum penalty for murder is life imprisonment.

Lynn is scheduled to appear in court again on July 19, where dates will be set.

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