<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An accused </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/murder" rel="" target="_blank" title="murderer"><span>murderer</span></a><span> will soon find out if he will be released on bail to live with his son, as he awaits trial for allegedly killing a missing woman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Greg Lynn applied for bail at </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> Supreme </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="_blank" title="Court"><span>Court</span></a><span> last week, where his lawyers argued he should be released as the prosecution's case against him was weak.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 59-year-old former pilot will learn his fate after he is brought to court on Thursday morning.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-live-updates-march-5-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/3e2e4563-acfc-4bac-8d1b-c2fd1d9ebbfa" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump had 'good feeling' Iran was about to attack</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is charged with the murder of Carol Clay, 73, who went missing from a remote campsite in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="_blank" title="Victoria's"><span>Victoria's</span></a><span> northeast in March 2020, alongside her friend Russell Hill, 74.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors opposed Lynn's bail, arguing their case against Lynn was strong and he could not meet the high bar of having exceptional circumstances to permit release.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutor Mark Gibson KC alleged Ms Clay was shot in the head by a bullet from Lynn's gun.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/greg-lynn-bail-alleged-campground-killer-carol-clay-russell-hill/0ac62a57-31f5-45c1-a163-aca41aeb2ae6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-israel-attack-iran-first-plane-load-australians-dubai-emirates-lands-in-sydney/37e79ac0-7abf-4473-850f-61edb5a259ad" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>First planeload of Australians stranded in Dubai lands in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lynn continues to maintain his innocence, claiming the incident was accidental.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His barrister Dermot Dann KC argued Lynn should be freed on bail as the prosecution case was weak and had "particular problems".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said it was accepted that his client did not pose an unacceptable risk to endangering the community, and claimed Lynn faced difficult conditions in custody as he awaited trial.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-us-sinks-iranian-warship-as-bombardment-intensifies/31b4c126-2987-4e9e-bc28-5621a3e8e86c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Sunk by a torpedo': US strikes Iranian warship in first since WWII</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Any risk Lynn posed could be addressed by "stringent conditions" being applied to his bail, he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The accused killer's son Geordie put forward his "life savings" as a bail guarantor, and offered to accommodate Lynn at his home, the defence barrister said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice David Beach will hand down his bail decision at 9.30am on Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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