Convicted killer Greg Lynn attacked in Melbourne prison by inmate with faeces
EXCLUSIVE
Convicted killer Greg Lynn has been attacked in a Melbourne prison, barely a week after he was found guilty of murdering Carol Clay.
7NEWS can reveal the father-of-three had human faeces thrown at him by a fellow prisoner inside the Melbourne Assessment Prison late last week.
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Lynn remains in the protection unit at the Melbourne Assessment Prison where he is free to mix with other inmates, including Hannah McGuire’s alleged killer, Lachlan Young.
It’s understood Lynn was already unhappy in prison, complaining the living conditions were not satisfactory.
A Department of Justice and Community Safety spokesperson told 7NEWS it “does not comment on individual prisoners or their placements”.
“Corrections Victoria takes all incidents very seriously and refers all allegations of criminal activity and serious incidents to Victoria Police for investigation,” the statement read.
Lynn has spent his first week behind bars as a convicted murderer after 12 jurors found the 57-year-old former pilot guilty of murdering Clay on March 20, 2020, but not guilty of killing her secret lover Russell Hill.
Clay, 73, and Hill, 74, who were having an affair, went missing from the Wonnangatta Valley, part of Victoria’s alpine region.
Lynn pleaded not guilty, claiming the two deaths were accidental, but admitted burning the crime scene and destroying their bodies.
He was arrested a year later, when he told his story to police and led investigators to the bodies, by then comprising 2100 bone fragments.
Lynn maintained he was innocent of murder and admitted to the jury his actions in covering up the crime, including repainting his four-wheel-drive used to dispose of the bodies, were “despicable”.
He offered to plead guilty to destruction of evidence charges before the trial.
The convicted murderer, who will be sentenced at a later date, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
- With AAP
Originally published on 7NEWS
