A weed sprayer has described the fateful infinitesimal helium directed erstwhile Jetstar aviator Greg Lynn to the campsite wherever helium allegedly murdered 2 aged campers.
Robert Williams had been hard astatine enactment spraying weeds successful the Wonnangatta Valley, successful Victoria's Alpine region, connected March 18, 2020 erstwhile Lynn asked him wherever was the champion spot to camp.
He directed the present 57-year aged to Bucks Camp wherever constabulary allege helium murdered concealed person campers Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73.
Bucks Camp: Greg Lynn had acceptable up his campy close on the river. Russell Hill turned up aboriginal and acceptable up nearby
The burnt remains of Russell Hill and Carol Clay's campsite. Greg Lynn has admitted to covering his tracks aft the brace were killed successful what helium says was a 'tragic accident'
Mr Williams appeared successful the Supreme Court of Victoria connected Thursday wherever Lynn has pleaded not blameworthy to murdering the campers.
The tribunal heard Lynn appeared 'friendly and bully natured' erstwhile helium approached Mr Williams.
The weed sprayer told the assemblage helium was initially acrophobic Lynn whitethorn person been suffering from Covid-19 - the microorganism that was astir to spot Victoria into lockdown implicit the coming years.
'I asked the antheral could helium basal backmost a fewer metres delight due to the fact that helium was each sweaty and it looked similar helium was crook,' Mr Williams said.
'The Covid was conscionable breaking retired and I thought helium mightiness person had the Covid
'He told maine that helium didn't person Covid, he'd been hunting. Then helium asked maine wherever the champion campy was.'
Mr Williams directed him to Bucks Camp astir 200 metres on the road, telling Lynn it was the champion campy successful the area.
Days later, Mr Williams claimed to person seen Mr Hill 'speed' past him arsenic helium was spraying weeds, aboriginal describing Mr Hill to constabulary arsenic a 'grumpy aged bugger'.
'It was similar helium was connected a mission. It was conscionable precise unusual,' helium told the jury.
Greg Lynn is facing proceedings implicit 2 murders
Carol Clay and Russell Hill were allegedly murdered by Greg Lynn successful March 2020
Bucks Camp wherever Russell Hill and Carol Clay were allegedly murdered successful the Wonnangatta Valley is circled
Mr Williams claimed Mr Hill appeared to person been having an statement with his rider - a idiosyncratic constabulary accidental could lone person been Ms Clay.
The witnesser told the assemblage astir radical helium observed entering that portion of the bush appeared blessed and usually stopped to chat.
'He conscionable looked truly grumpy and bittersweet and it's conscionable the mode helium sped past maine ... radical usually dilatory down a bit,' helium said.
'He conscionable wasn't smiling, helium didn't admit me, helium didn't adjacent truly wanna look astatine me.'
Mr Williams claimed Mr Hill appeared to beryllium not speaking to Ms Clay arsenic helium made his mode on the track.
'He didn't accidental anything. He looked away. He looked astatine maine past looked distant ... I couldn't spot his rima moving,' helium said.
Mr Williams said Mr Hill appeared to beryllium successful specified a hurry helium drove straight implicit the hose of his weed sprayer.
'He travel past truly accelerated and I don't adjacent deliberation helium saw the spray hose,' helium said.
'Most radical adjacent halt and inquire if it's good to drove implicit our spray lines.'
The tribunal heard a drone constabulary judge was being operated by Mr Hill aboriginal flew implicit the weed sprayer's ain campsite and different campers successful the area.
'I thought it was a spot rude,' Mr Williams said.
A photograph captured by a camper who had a erstwhile brushwood with Russell Hill, whose conveyance is circled.
A roadworthy idiosyncratic provided images of the unsmooth terrain adjacent wherever helium encountered the alleged slayer of Russell Hill and Carol Clay
Road workers had been successful the country erstwhile Greg Lynn ventured into the Victorian Alps
On Wednesday, the tribunal heard Lynn claimed Mr Hill and Ms Clay were killed successful a 'tragic accident'.
His barrister Dermot Dann, KC told the assemblage Mr Hill stole Lynn's shotgun aft helium became enraged astir Lynn playing large euphony connected the nighttime helium was killed.
'He went towards Mr Hill to effort and get the weapon backmost - to instrumentality power of the gun,' Mr Dann said.
'Mr Hill fired the weapon into the aerial and Mr Lynn initially took screen towards the rear of his car.'
Lynn would aboriginal archer constabulary helium was 'scared s***less' by Mr Hill's actions.
'He decided the lone mode to marque things harmless was to get his weapon back,' Mr Dann said.
The assemblage heard that arsenic Lynn tried to wrestle the firearm distant from Mr Hill, the weapon discharged and Ms Clay was deed successful the head.
'The adjacent happening is Mr Hill's advancing towards him with a weapon screaming astatine him "she's dead",' Mr Dann said.
'A conflict developed implicit the knife. Mr Lynn trying to support himself - they're locked successful this conflict - and arsenic portion of that conflict the 2 men autumn to the crushed and the weapon goes done the thorax of Mr Hill.'
The tribunal heard Mr Hill and Lynn had argued earlier successful the time astir Lynn hunting for cervid truthful adjacent to different campers.
In opening the lawsuit connected Tuesday, Crown authoritative Daniel Porceddu dismissed Lynn's mentation of events.
'It is apt determination was a quality regarding Mr Hill's drone oregon imaginativeness captured connected his drone,' Mr Porceddu said.
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