What we learned
Day four of the trial has wrapped up.
Here’s a recap of what the court heard today:
1. The court was shown text messages where Simon and Erin communicated about her “forgotten” invitation to her mother-in-law’s 70th birthday. Simon said at this point in time there was “tension” in Erin’s relationship with his parents and between the pair.
2. Simon told the court Erin had “struggled” with mental illness and postnatal depression after the birth of their first child.
3. Simon said his estranged wife “hates” hospitals as he was asked about her discharging herself from Leongatha hospital against medical advice.
We’ll be back on Monday morning to live blog day five from 10.30am.
Thanks for following along.
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Erin Patterson trial adjourned for weekend
The court has adjourned for the weekend.
During the trial, the court will finish at around 1pm on Fridays.
Justice Christopher Beale KC tells the jurors that over the weekend they may see people who know they are on the jury who may be “extremely interested to chat to you about the case”.
“You have to shut that conversation down,” he says.
Beale reminds the jurors his instructions from earlier about not searching for any information about the case online or in newspapers.
“You’ve got to ignore those things,” he says.
He tells the jurors to “have a good weekend and come back refreshed”.
“I’ll only say this to you once. Switch off.”
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