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The case against ex-pilot Gregory Lynn, accused of the murder of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria's high country, has finally been laid out.
Mr Lynn, 56, was arrested in November 2021, more than 20 months after Mr Hill, 74, and Ms Clay, 73, vanished from their remote campsite in the Wonnangatta Valley.
In a summary of the police case provided to the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, police outlined their allegations against the former Jetstar pilot.
Police allege the camping trip ended in tragedy, with Ms Clay shot in the head and Mr Hill fatally stabbed, after a fight over a drone.
Mr Lynn has denied murdering the pair, and lawyer Dermot Dann KC said the allegations against his client are 'heavily in dispute'.
Mr Hill and Ms Clay, childhood sweethearts who had rekindled their relationship 15 years prior, had allegedly travelled to the remote 'Bucks Camp' on March 19, 2020, to spend some quality time together.
The case against ex-pilot Gregory Lynn, accused of the murder of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria's high country, has finally been laid out
When the pair arrived, police believe it is 'likely' they engaged in some way with Mr Lynn, who had allegedly set up camp there the day before.
About 6pm on March 19, Mr Hill made contact via high-frequency radio with an amateur radio group, who reported him sounding 'normal', a police summary of facts reads.
It's alleged in the document that sometime after this conversation a confrontation between Mr Lynn and Mr Hill broke out and they were killed.
In a separate statement provided to the court by forensic expert Mark Gellatly, he claims police informed him they believed Mr Lynn was annoyed by Mr Hill's drone and confronted the pair about it before returning to his campsite.
He said crime scene investigators believe Mr Hill then allegedly grabbed a shotgun from Mr Lynn's vehicle, before a physical fight broke out between the two men and the gun discharged.
It's alleged Ms Clay, who was standing near Mr Hill's car, was fatally struck in the head, with an ensuing fight between the two men, ending when Mr Lynn fatally stabbed Mr Hill.
Court Sketch of Gregory Lynn appearing at the Melbourne Magistrates court
Gregory Lynn's car was allegedly resprayed after the deaths
Police will allege Mr Lynn set fire to the couple's camp in an effort to conceal what happened, and had loaded the bodies into his trailer and dumped them in bushland.
'The accused made immediate and overt efforts to contaminate
