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Charity begins at home — but ends in jail IT’S possible that high country killer Greg Lynn will revise his charity donations in future. One reason being that his future is likely to be limited to a prison cell for a long time. As part of a sentencing plea for the murder of Carol Clay , Lynn’s barrister Dermott Dann outlined various charitable donations made over the years by the former Jetstar pilot.
Mr Dann, doing his level best for his client but scratching for material, pointed out that in the material seized by police during their searches, bank records showed that one of the debits was for “a contribution to the Blue Ribbon Foundation,” Justice Michael Croucher said in the Supreme Court last week. The Foundation exists to remember fallen police and “to show all serving members of Victoria Police that their work and commitment are valued by a caring community.” Friends in the big house Prison can build unexpected friendships between all kinds of people.
Word has filtered beyond jail walls that crime matriarch Judy Moran and femme fatale stripper Robyn Lindholm have become good buddies over the years behind bars. Moran has been back on the wrong side of the razor wire at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Deer Park for months after a spell in hospital. She is reportedly in good spirits, opti.
