Erin Patterson details religious conversion and ‘never-ending battle’ with low self-esteem in emotional testimony to murder trial

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Erin Patterson has described her never-ending battle" with low self-esteem and weight issues and her religious conversion in emotional evidence to her own triple murder trial.

Colin Mandy SC, Patterson's defence lawyer, called her as the first defence witness on Monday afternoon.