Kristian Silva

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Kristian Silva

In a grey-walled interview room, a bearded police officer leans across a table to meet the eyes of a nine-year-old girl. He introduces himself as Jason. She sits in a green armchair, swinging her legs playfully — they don't reach the floor, her peach-coloured sneakers dangling mid-air. On the table between them sit a box of tissues, a tub of coloured pencils, and Jason's thick folder of notes. "We're going to talk about what it means to tell the truth," the officer begins gently.

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Kristian Silva

Erin Patterson was building Lego by herself in the hours after hosting the beef Wellington lunch that caused the deaths of three relatives, her murder trial has heard. Videos of Ms Patterson's children giving police statements were played to her Supreme Court trial on Friday. The trial of Erin Patterson, who stands accused of using a poisoned meal to murder three relatives, continues. Look back at how Friday's court proceedings unfolded in our live blog.

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Kristian Silva |Tim Callanan |Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan

Erin's son is now talking about the day of the lunch. He says his friend stayed at his house on the Friday night before the lunch. He says Erin told him about the lunch on the Saturday morning. He tells the officer interviewing him that he and his sister and a friend went to see a movie in Leongatha on the day of the lunch. All three were then picked up from the cinema by his father and driven back to Erin's house. He says he said hello to the lunch guests.

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Kristian Silva |Tim Callanan |Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan

He is asked about his parents' relationship and says when he was about seven years of age they "had a few arguments" and his mother moved house but they were never divorced. He says neither his mother nor his father had another relationship. He explains he goes to stay with his father over weekends and he drops them off at school on Monday morning. Erin's son says his mother used to come to his father's house on Friday nights and they would all have dinner together.

6 days ago | radionz.co.nz | Kristian Silva

By Kristian Silva, ABC News AustraliaAccused murderer Erin Patterson broke down and was visibly upset as a Victorian court was shown her daughter's police interview, filmed weeks after a deadly lunch at her home. Ms Patterson stood in the court dock with tears in her eyes, looking up and quietly saying a few words to herself as the jury was led out of the room on Thursday afternoon.