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Lead defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC said it was only Simon who mentioned anything about medical issues as a reason for the lunch and Patterson had tried to ‘guilt’ him into coming.
Mr Mandy said the Crown alleged Patterson ‘wanted him there to kill him’.
‘And that we say is an absurd theory,’ Mr Mandy said.
‘There’s no possible prospect Erin wanted in those circumstances to destroy her own world, her own life.’