Overview
- The three-judge panel unanimously set aside the verdict over Carol Clay’s death and listed a Supreme Court directions hearing for January 28, 2026.
- Justice Karin Emerton said the Crown challenged Lynn’s credibility in submissions without first putting those matters to him during evidence.
- The court also found the prosecution unfairly attacked its own ballistics expert, Paul Griffiths, in closing without giving him a chance to respond.
- The previous 32-year sentence no longer stands pending new proceedings, and Lynn remains remanded in custody subject to any bail application.
- Prosecutors were asked to consider pursuing manslaughter options at any new trial, while Lynn’s acquittal over Russell Hill’s murder remains final.