Twelve jurors will watch re-accused double murderer Greg Lynn testify from the stand during his trial as they continue to deliberate on the verdict.
The 57-year-old airline pilot testified about his version of events about four weeks after the trial began.
Lynn pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder over the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s Alpine region in March 2020.
He claimed their deaths were accidental and admitted to the “despicable” act of moving and burning their bodies.
He told the jury and police during his interview that Clay died during a struggle with Hill over Lynn’s gun, where a shot was fired and entered her head.
Lynn testified that Hill died in a second knife fight.
Jurors retired to begin deliberations on their verdict Friday afternoon.
They returned to the High Court on Wednesday with a question about the video evidence of Lynn and another witness, police ballistics expert Senior Constable Paul Griffiths.
“Can we have the transcript of Griffiths’ testimony as well as Lynn’s testimony on the bench? Can we get that in the jury room?” Judge Michael Croucher said, reading the note to the jury.
He agreed to allow them access to videos of the live broadcast, each of which he said was about two and a half hours long.
However, he said it could take the court until the end of Wednesday to edit the videos before they are released.
“You will see it in three files on the USB. Obviously the download is taking some time because it is large, because of the nature of the record,” Justice Croucher told the jury.
“But it’ll be with you pretty soon, so you’ll be able to drop it in the jury room at your leisure.”
He reminded the jury of his instructions to them Thursday and Friday, including that Lynn is presumed innocent and the prosecution’s burden is to prove he is guilty of the murders.
The judge also reminded them of his instructions regarding prosecutor Daniel Porchedou’s last address, where he said Lynn and Senator Const Griffiths had not been given an opportunity to respond to questions he had raised.
He directed them to more easily reject Porchedou’s theories, which were not subject to cross-examination, and to more easily accept evidence from Lynn and the police expert on the bench.
Judge Croucher sent the jury to continue deliberating.
