The carpet was pink and the three sliding doors to the wardrobe were mirrored and edged in gold.
A dressing table with a mirror was cluttered with products, while a blue washing basket sat on the floor near to some women’s shoes.
He said he requested police assistance to look for the missing person.
“I made the decision to call further police out, it was a very cold morning, Mrs Baden-Clay had been missing for a number of hours by that stage,” he said.
He said the area was rural residential property between 2.5 acres up to 10 acres or more.
Sgt Jackson said his attention was eventually drawn to the Holden Captiva in the car port, where a packet of prescription medication was found.
“I noticed most of the medication had been consumed,” he said.
The jury was played the 24-minute recording Sgt Jackson took on the day.
In it, Baden-Clay told the two officers he had recently had a car accident.
“As I was discussing with the constables before it’s been pretty good, she has had a past history of depression, she has in the past, that has been managed by medication,” he said.
“I’m not a hundred per cent sure about that, Kieron was asking me before, we haven’t really discussed it for a long time, it used to be a daily dose of Zoloft.”
Sen-Sgt Curtis: “So Gerard, you and your wife are estranged are you?”
Baden-Clay replied: “No…”
He told the police he and his wife’s relationship had been put under strain and they had been to see a counsellor together.
“Overall it was a pretty positive thing I think, she had seen her previously in Spring Hill, we’ve been to a couple of different counsellors … I thought overall it was a very positive thing, there were some strategies … it’s about rebuilding the trust,” he said.
He said he did not know if his wife slept with him: “I’m a heavy sleeper and a snorer.”
Baden-Clay said it wasn’t unusual for his wife to fall asleep on the couch, maybe once a fortnight.
He said his wife walked in the mornings.
“I was going to say regularly but it’s intermittently now,” he said.
“We’re both trying to lose weight.”
The accused said his wife either wore a black walking out or a grey one and the grey tracksuit was missing.
“She has a singlet top … three-quarter length things, daggy old ones, she bought some new Lorna Jane ones and they are here,” he said.
The trial will resume at 10am.
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