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Detective discusses factory resets of ‘phone B’
Eppingstall says on one occasion during the police search, Patterson was in a room alone for a “good 20 to 30 minutes” while officers stood outside.
He says Patterson had a mobile phone on her during the search and was talking about making arrangements for her daughter.
Warren shows Eppingstall a “extraction report” of a mobile phone – “phone B” – which shows four factory resets were performed.
One entry shows a factory reset was performed at 1.20pm on 5 August. Eppingstall says this was when officers were at Patterson’s home.
Warren says if this time is in UTC time, the factory reset was done at 11.20pm. Eppingstall says this was when the phone was in his office.
Another factory reset is the following day 6 August at 5.16am. He says at this point the phone was locked up. Taking into account UTC time, the phone would have still been locked up.
Eppingstall says this is during the time police were at Patterson’s house for the search.
Jurors shown Erin Patterson's interview with police
Jurors are shown Patterson’s record of interview with police from 5 August 2023.
Patterson was interviewed at the Wonthaggi police station, the court hears. The interview begins at 4.41pm.
Patterson is wearing a beige-coloured jumper.
Court hears Patterson tells interviewer ‘I’ve never been in a situation like this before’
The interviewer says
Heather and
Gail passed away,
Don is on life support, and he says he doesn’t have more information on
Ian.
“We’re trying to understand what has made them so ill,” one of the interviewers says.
He says he is trying to understand why
Patterson is not unwell.
“I’ve never been in a situation like this before,” Patterson says:
The interviewer says police are interested in the mushrooms and asks if she has foraged mushrooms.
Patterson replies: “Never.”
