Erin Patterson is now being questioned about her recorded interview with police on August 5, 2023, when she was asked about her relationship with estranged husband Simon, and why she invited her in-laws, along with Ian and Heather Wilkinson, for lunch.
“Because I’ve got no other family, and they are the only support I’ve got,” Patterson told police at the time.
Ian Wilkinson outside court on Friday.Credit: Jason South
Patterson also told police she wanted to maintain her relationship with Simon’s family, regardless of what happened with Simon, and that she felt he hated that she had a relationship with Don and Gail Patterson.
Erin Patterson also told officers she loved Don and Gail.
“Nothing [Simon’s] ever done to me will change the fact they are good, decent people,” she told police in her interview.
Dr Rhonda Stuart outside court on May 13.Credit: Joe Armao
Earlier today, Patterson was asked in court about a conversation she had with health official Professor Rhonda Stuart at the Monash Medical Centre in August 2023.
Patterson said she could not remember being visited by Stuart or speaking to her during her time at the hospital.
“I can’t remember the conversation,” she said.
Patterson said she had been visited by a number of medical staff while at hospital, and they had all blurred into one.
“Even when she came in to give evidence she did not look familiar to me,” Patterson told the jury.
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers, SC, reminded Patterson of evidence Stuart gave in court earlier in the trial, that Patterson told Stuart she was having lunch with her ex-husband’s relatives, his parents, and his aunt and uncle.
“I would not have called Simon my ex-husband because he was not. He’s still not,” Patterson told the jury.
Read the full article here
