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The messages critical of her in-laws were just harmless venting, they said; the cancer claim a cover for weight-loss surgery she was planning to have but was too embarrassed to disclose.

During Ms Patterson's evidence, she told the jury she was very close to her in-laws and never intended to harm them.

Originally from South Wales, Ms Curtis-Cresswell had been searching for a rental property for her family while living at her in-laws' home.

Her relationship with her in-laws Don and Gail "never changed", she said.

His wife and baby had only just returned to the town of Mokwa a day prior, after having stayed at his in-laws house for a few weeks after having given birth.