Photo:\u00a0Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n“In that interview you told police that Lauren was not a nurturing mother. Was that something that you said in the worst of circumstances that perhaps isn’t correct?”<\/p>\n
He conceded it was a confusing moment during the worst night of his life.<\/p>\n
“As you say, that was a very confusing moment in my life. And when I think back about making that statement, I was probably referring to the most recent times before our emigration – but not Lauren as a whole and our parenting together.”<\/p>\n
Asked if there was any question whether she loved her daughters, he responded, “No question in my mind at all”.<\/p>\n
Text messages from April 2021 that Graham Dickason sent to his wife, praising her and describing her as “a wonderful mother”, were also shared with the court.<\/p>\n
Looking up at her husband, the 42-year-old woman appeared emotional as he emphasised his wife’s devotion to her girls.<\/p>\n
The court heard how Lauren Dickason was diagnosed with postpartum depression in 2015. She told her husband in 2019 she had thoughts of hurting their children.<\/p>\n
Toohey asked whether Dr Dickason fully appreciated the extent of his wife’s mental struggles.<\/p>\n
“Lauren crying, struggling with insomnia, talked about her thinking about suicide and verbalising that to you, thinking about harming the children. Is it possible that your assessment in terms of how bad this depression was, in terms of what you’ve told the police and what you’ve told psychiatrists, again, is a subjective assessment?”<\/p>\n
Dr Dickason told the court as first-time parents, tiredness and frustrations were factors. He admitted although he could not diagnose it, he did not deny she was struggling mentally as a parent. But he felt there were no signs that she was a risk to her children.<\/p>\n
The trial continues in the High Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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