High country murderer Greg Lynn breached DV order and escaped police custody before first wife’s death

<p>Court lifts order preventing details of former pilot’s dealings with Victoria police before his former partner died in 1999</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/03/australia-news-live-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-brittany-higgins-lisa-wilkinson-network-ten-senate-estimates-social-media-ban-esafety-commissioner-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-coalition-nsw-vic-qld-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Convicted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/25/greg-lynn-murder-trial-verdict-campers-russell-hill-carol-clay-wonnagatta-valley-ntwnfb">high country murderer</a> Greg Lynn once escaped police custody and was subject to intervention orders obtained by his former partner before her 1999 death, it can now be revealed.</p><p>A suppression order first made in January 2023 lapsed on Wednesday, after media fought for it to be overturned in the wake of the former Jetstar pilot’s conviction for the March 2020 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/25/greg-lynn-murder-trial-verdict-campers-russell-hill-carol-clay-wonnagatta-valley-ntwnfb">murder of Carol Clay, 73</a>, at a remote Victorian campsite.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/03/high-country-murderer-greg-lynn-breached-dv-escaped-police-custody-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

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