“The defence position is he didn’t beat her, he didn’t break her, he didn’t coerce her, control her and he didn’t cause her death.
“On the contrary, he loved her and cherished her deeply and his case is that without anyone’s knowledge, Tarryn Baird was making demonstrably false allegations to health professionals,” she continued.
Thorne told the jury Trybus’s actions did not cause Baird’s death.
“The defence case is that on a number of occasions Tarryn Baird made allegations of violence which were demonstrably false, for example, by reporting injuries to health professionals when Christopher Trybus was not even in the country.
“Health professionals were being told a false story and her boredom and troubled mind was leading her to make allegations to seek care and attention,” she said.