Overview
- The Victorian Court of Appeal unanimously set aside Lynn’s 2024 guilty verdict for the murder of Carol Clay and directed a retrial.
- President Karin Emerton said the case involved serious irregularities in the conduct of the trial that were not capable of being remedied.
- Lynn had been serving a 32-year sentence after a split verdict that acquitted him of murdering Russell Hill but found him guilty over Clay’s death.
- His lawyers argued repeated breaches of fair‑trial rules by the prosecutor and issues with ballistics evidence, while the DPP maintained there was no miscarriage of justice.
- Lynn was remanded in custody following the ruling as the matter proceeds toward a new trial.