contesting the conviction<\/a> on four grounds. He also appealed against his sentence.<\/p>\nLynn argued in written submissions filed as part of his appeal that a substantial miscarriage of justice occurred in circumstances where the prosecutor \u201claunched a sustained attack on the credibility of [Lynn\u2019s] account\u201d without putting that information to the former Jetstar pilot when he was giving evidence.<\/p>\n
The \u201cjury travelled down an impermissible pathway\u201d in reaching their verdict, his submissions alleged.<\/p>\n
Lynn also submitted that the prosecution\u2019s approach to the evidence of a police ballistics expert, Paul Griffiths, was a \u201cfurther serious departure from the rules that govern the fair conduct of criminal trials\u201d, and that the guilty verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n
Lynn\u2019s legal team, including barristers Dermot Dann KC and Michael McGrath, left court without commenting on the possibility that Lynn may apply for bail.<\/p>\n
Lynn\u2019s son did not comment to the media.<\/p>\n
Det Sgt Brett Florence, the officer in charge of the investigation, did not speak about the verdict outside court, but asked media to respect the Clay and Hill families.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf everyone can please leave the families alone, they\u2019re devastated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The appeal was presided over by justices Emerton, Phillip Priest and Peter Kidd.<\/p>\n
The short hearing was over in minutes. Lynn, sporting a crew cut, arrived at court shortly before the verdict was delivered, clutching a clear A4 plastic document folder in front of him.<\/p>\n
He maintained the elderly couple died during a struggle at the campsite: Clay when a shotgun accidentally discharged as he wrestled with Hill, and Hill when a knife he was holding in a bid to attack Lynn accidentally went through his chest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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