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Carol Clay reunited with her first boyfriend. They died together, killed on a camping trip
When Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the remote alpine region it raised an unusual problem for her family.
- by Erin Pearson
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Ex-AFL star Sam Fisher cries as he’s jailed for drug trafficking
The former St Kilda footballer will spend at least three years in prison over his involvement in a cross-country drug trafficking ring.
- by Emily Woods
Weed sprayer recounts fateful camping advice to ex-pilot accused of double murder
Robbie Williams, who was working in the Wonnangatta Valley before Russell Hill and Carol Clay were killed, has told a jury a “sweaty, little fellow” had asked him where to camp.
- by Erin Pearson
Police footage of the Wonnangatta Valley played to the Gregory Lynn murder trial jury
An aerial view of the Wonnangatta Valley, from the Victoria Police Air Wing, and footage of Bucks Camp, where prosecutors say campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay were killed in 2020. Gregory Lynn has pleaded not guilty.
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Murder charge dropped against 12-year-old girl
A preteen girl’s murder charge has been struck out after she was earlier accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old woman in Footscray.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Man allegedly lured to his death after $150,000 necklace ‘burglary’
A woman accused of luring a Colombian man to his death has been granted bailed after a judge found the case against her was “relatively weak”.
- by Tara Cosoleto
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CFA makes record $3.5 million settlement to victim of horrific bullying
A former volunteer firefighter who was duct-taped to the bull bar of a fire truck when she was just 17 has received the payout in a landmark legal case.
- by Cameron Houston
Sex appeal: Epic adult industry court case set for another round
The owner of the Maxine’s strip club has warned that a legal battle against an estranged former business partner may not be over yet.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
A lonely campsite, deadly chaos and competing narratives
A Supreme Court jury heard for the first time what Gregory Lynn told police about the death of two campers.
- by Chip Le Grand
Struggle over gun led to missing campers’ accidental deaths: defence
The trial of Gregory Lynn, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s alpine region in 2020, is under way in the Supreme Court. Follow the updates.
- by Erin Pearson
Former pilot claims hunting dispute led to campers’ deaths in tragic accident
Gregory Lynn’s lawyer has revealed to a jury what Lynn says happened at a remote campsite that led to the deaths of campers Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73.
- by Erin Pearson