The three-hour police interview with ex-pilot and convicted murderer Greg Lynn has been released by the High Court.
Speaking to detectives in a cold interrogation room at Sale Police Station, Lynn was filmed telling police what he believed happened to missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.
He was found not guilty of Hill’s murder.
Lynn claimed the two deaths were accidental, but admitted to burning the crime scene and disposing of their bodies.
“It was wrong of me to hide these bodies like that. I should have just gone straight to the police,” Lynn said in the interview.
“I didn’t want to do it, it was a terrible thing to have to do. The first few times I was sick.
“I just wanted it to go away and just move on and never think about it again.”
Lynn told the court during the trial that he was deer hunting when he returned to threats from Hill that he had drone footage of Lynn hunting too close to the campsite that he would turn him into the police.
Later that evening, he said Hill took a rifle and ammunition from Lynn’s car.
Lynn claims he went to get his gun from Hill, who fired several warning shots before pointing the gun at Lynn.
The court heard Lynn and Hill were struggling for the gun, Lynn claimed, when another shot went off and hit the side of Hill’s mirror, which ricocheted and entered Clay’s head.
Later, gunshot fragments were found, proving that Clay had been shot to death.
“He came at me with a knife. I grabbed him…pulled him in and he was still coming at me and he came down on top of me and the punch landed in his chest.
“And then I rolled over and stood up and he got up and tried to crawl away.
“From here I panicked and thought, ‘okay, that’s my rifle, there’s a dead guy … and he’s dead now, too.’
“I will be found guilty of this.”
The ex-pilot can be seen in the police interview drawing on pieces of paper before giving more details about the night.
“It was very messy … and so I put the tables and things inside the tent,” he said.
“And I packed everything up and when I left, I lit the fire.”
At one point, detectives stopped the interview to try to find the remains, but when they got there it was foggy and hard to see, so they sent videos to Greg Lynn so he could help direct them to the burial site.
“This is the truth and this is the best I can give you. It won’t be much of a relief for the families. Nothing to see. Nothing to be found,” Lin said.
Judge Michael Croucher banned the hearing during the trial because they used oppressive behavior towards Lynn.
However, Lynn’s attorney requested that portions of the interview be re-admitted.
“I didn’t behave well, I made some bad decisions, but as far as I understand murder, I’m innocent,” Lynn said.
Lynn, dressed in a suit and blue sweater, remained silent Tuesday as the two verdicts were read aloud, raising eyebrows after learning his fate.
The maximum penalty for murder is life imprisonment.
Lynn will return to court on July 19 to determine where the dates will be set.
