Appeal judges have asked prosecutors whether they will pursue ex-pilot Greg Lynn for manslaughter over the death of a camper after being cleared of his murder.

Lawyers for Lynn, 59, on Thursday argued his 32-year maximum jail sentence for the murder of Carol Clay was manifestly excessive in Victoria's Court of Appeal.

In a split verdict in June 2024, a jury found Lynn guilty of 73-year-old Mrs Clay's murder at a remote campsite but not guilty of the murder of her secret lover Russell Hill, 74.

Lynn, who maintains his innocence, admitted he moved and burned the two bodies but claimed their deaths in 2020 were both accidental.

His barrister, Dermot Dann KC, previously said the jury's guilty verdict was unsafe and made on "unsatisfactory grounds" as he claimed the prosecution had conducte

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