NATASHA Beth Darcy told police she didn't know what the man she is accused of murdering might have looked up on her phone before officers seized it under a search warrant.
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Darcy is accused of feeding Walcha grazier Mathew Dunbar a cocktail of sedatives before gassing him in the bedroom at his property, Pandora.
A jury in her NSW Supreme Court murder trial heard on Friday a police interview recorded on the morning of August 16, 2017 between the accused and Detective Senior Constable Graham Goodwin.
Before he took her phone, Senior Constable Goodwin asked Darcy if there was anything in the deleted data that police should know about.
"What do you mean?" Darcy is heard asking.
"Mathew ... I don't know what he's been searching up because his Safari never worked, so he would look things up on my phone - but I never saw anything that shouldn't be on there.
"The kids use it too, if I'm out they use the phone but not that they'd look at anything bad."
At the time, police had applied for a warrant to examine Darcy's phone and the scripts she obtained from King's Pharmacy in Walcha.
The phone was given to officers from the Forensic Evidence and Technical Services Command to search deleted data.
Police also downloaded and watched videos obtained from YouTube and other sites in the search of Darcy's equipment.
It's the data retrieved from those searches that have been at the centre of the trial this week, read to members of the jury across two days.
Google searches that were discovered on Darcy's iPhones 6 and 7 included gas bottles, an article headlined "science of getting away with murder" and "can police see past web search history" in between searches about hit television series Orange is the New Black and questions about Portugese tarts.
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The 46-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Dunbar at his Walcha property on August 2, 2017.
Instead, lawyers for the accused have told the court Mr Dunbar suffered from depression, had serious issues with his leg and was confused about his sexuality and have made the case the death was suicide.
The trial continues in the NSW Supreme Court before Justice Julia Lonergan.
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Madeline Link
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
