The panel pushing back against Patterson's lawyers

Patterson's barrister started this hearing by insisting this accommodation snafu was "catastrophic" for the trial. Under sustained questioning from the appeal judges, Edney appears to be softening his language. It was "undesirable" that the jury was staying in the same hotel as prosecutors and a police witness, he said moments ago. Justice Lesley Taylor interjects: "Perhaps not as strong as catastrophic?" Edney responds: "We maintain that this was a very seriou