‘Elaine was smiling, alert, and seemed happy’

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial yesterday heard from a therapist and doctor who cared for the deceased.

Stuart Colquhoun said he was a cognitive behavioural therapist at St Edmundsbury’s Hospital, and that Ms O’Hara had been his patient for almost five years.

He treated her for major depression and generalised anxiety as both an outpatient and inpatient. He said she also had borderline personality disorder, which meant her emotions would feel stronger and last longer than those of other people. His last appointment with her was on August 21, 2012.