A Victorian man found guilty of molesting his partner's young daughter is recovering after trying to poison himself in court.
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The man, who cannot be named as that would identify the victim, was found guilty of four charges on Friday after a Warrnambool County Court trial.
As the guilty verdicts were read out, the man produced a Snickers bar from his pocket which he then started to eat.
When instructed by custody staff that he could not eat in court, the man continued to finish off the Snickers bar.
He then told the custody staff he had poisoned himself as he had laced the chocolate bar with rat poison.
The man was remanded in custody after the verdicts and taken to the Warrnambool police station cells.
It's understood he soon after collapsed in the cells and broke a finger.
He was transported to Warrnambool Base Hospital where he was treated for poisoning.
He spent time recovering in the hospital intensive care unit.
It's understood the amount of rat poison in the chocolate bar was not enough to be lethal.
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A mention hearing in the County Court on Wednesday morning was told the man had received treatment, his condition had improved and he was now on medication.
He is back in the Warrnambool police station cells.
The man has been remanded in custody until September 11 for a plea hearing which will likely be followed by a sentencing hearing.
On Friday the Portland district man in his mid 70s was found guilty of four serious sex offences involving his partner's daughter.
In an opening address, prosecutor Fiona Martin said it was alleged the offending took place between 1991 and 2000 while the girl was aged between four and 14 years old.
