The origin of decease of concealed person campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay is incapable to beryllium determined done aesculapian science, forensic experts person admitted successful court.
Former Jetstar aviator Greg Lynn, 57, has pleaded not blameworthy successful the Supreme Court of Victoria to the murders of Mr Hill, 74, and Ms Clay, 73, successful the Wonnangatta Valley, successful Victoria's Alpine region, connected March 20, 2020.
On Monday, forensic entomologist Doctor Melanie Archer told the tribunal she could not accidental however the mates died from the constricted scraps of bony fragments recovered by police.
Greg Lynn enters the Supreme Court of Victoria past week
On Thursday, photos of what was near of those remains were shown to the jury.
Images showed the charred fragments of Mr Hill and Ms Clay's bones successful a distant portion of bush wherever Lynn had attempted to destruct what was near of their bodies with fire, the tribunal heard.
Victoria Police Forensics Services Centre adept George Xydias told the assemblage helium believed Lynn had burnt the bodies astatine different determination earlier attempting to dispose of them astatine a 2nd site.
Dr Archer told the tribunal what small materials they had to enactment with had each but been destroyed.
'The occupation for the forensic pathologist is that the worldly that you need, the grounds that you request to assistance you marque that determination has been obliterated,' she said.
'There are nary toxicological samples truthful you're not capable to look for a toxicological contribution. You're not capable to analyse for trauma due to the fact that of the fragmentation of the remains ... successful the lawsuit of earthy illness determination were nary brushed tissues left, it was not imaginable there.'
Dr Archer said the occupation was made each the worse from what was near of the mates being acceptable alight.
'The toxicological and brushed insubstantial grounds that we would request to spot cannot beryllium seen successful these precise altered and fragmented remains,' she said.
So you're near with undetermined arsenic your lone choice.'
Police recovered bony fragments scattered successful the bush aft Greg Lynn allegedly murdered and burnt the bodies of concealed person campers
The burnt retired campsite of Russell Hill and Carol Clay
The assemblage has heard Lynn admitted to destroying the bodies of the aged campers due to the fact that helium was disquieted astir being wrongly accused of murdering them.
Under transverse introspection from Lynn's barrister Dermot Dann, KC, the assemblage heard the forensic adept had nary mode of disproving Lynn's mentation of events.
'He acceptable occurrence to the bodies astatine the clip successful November 2020, each of that accusation contained wrong that relationship and that clip frame, is that each accordant with your findings?' Mr Dann asked the doctor.
'Yes,' came the response.
In opening the proceedings past week, Mr Dann 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.'
Carol Clay and Russell Hill ne'er made it location from a concealed camping trip
Greg Lynn leaves the transgression scene. He has admitted to burning and scattering the remains of Russell Hill and Carol Clay
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.
The proceedings continues.
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