Katrina Cripps tells Victorian trial that murder accused spoke of husband turning ‘nasty’ and motivation for hosting lunch with in-laws

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A child protection worker said that Erin Patterson described her estranged husband, Simon, as “nasty”, “controlling” and “emotionally abusive”, and believed he was isolating her from his parents, a Victorian court has heard.

The worker also said Patterson did not answer her the following day when she asked whether she had picked the mushrooms used in the lunch.

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