Twelve jurors will re-watch accused double assassin Greg Lynn giving proof from the witness stand throughout his trial as they continued to deliberate on a verdict.
The 57-year-old airline pilot gave proof about his model of occasions about 4 weeks into the trial.
Lynn has pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of homicide over the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s alpine area in March 2020.
He claimed their deaths had been unintended and admitted to the “despicable” act of transferring and burning their our bodies.
He instructed the jury, and police throughout his interview, that Clay died throughout a wrestle with Hill over Lynn’s gun the place a shot discharged and went into her head.
Lynn gave proof that Hill died in a second wrestle with a knife.
Jurors retired to start deliberating on their verdict on Friday afternoon.
They returned to the Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday with a query about video proof of Lynn and one other witness, police ballistics knowledgeable Senior Constable Paul Griffiths.
“Might we please obtain the recording of Griffiths’ proof and likewise Lynn’s proof on the stand? Can we please obtain this within the jury room?” Justice Michael Croucher stated, studying the jury’s word.
He agreed to permit them entry to movies of the stay stream, which he stated had been every about two-and-a-half hours lengthy.
Nonetheless, he stated it might take the courtroom till the top of Wednesday to edit the movies earlier than they got to them.
“You will note it in three recordsdata on a USB. Apparently it is taking a while to obtain as a result of it is massive, due to the character of the recording,” Justice Croucher instructed the jury.
“However it’ll be with you fairly shortly so you can play that within the jury room at your leisure.”
He reminded the jury of his instructions to them on Thursday and Friday, together with that Lynn is presumed harmless and the onus was on the prosecution to show he was responsible of the murders.
The choose additionally reminded them of his instructions about prosecutor Daniel Porceddu’s remaining handle, the place he stated Lynn and Sen Const Griffiths weren’t given the chance to answer issues that he raised.
He directed them to extra readily reject Porceddu’s theories that weren’t cross-examined, and extra readily settle for proof from Lynn and the police knowledgeable on the stand.
Justice Croucher despatched the jurors away to proceed to deliberate.
