Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 #11 *Arrest*
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On December 9, 2022, the court heard, Simon sent a text saying he had learnt more about the financial side of things and he believed he and Erin could sort out their differences.
On December 16, 2022, Erin Patterson sent a video of the children in New Zealand riding a toboggan on the North Island that they had first visited in 2013, when Erin was pregnant with her second child.
She told the court they would go back every time they went to New Zealand, but that visit was the first time their daughter was finally old enough to ride.
Patterson said she knew Simon would be very happy to see the footage.
The court heard Simon texted back to thank her and compliment her camera work.
Erin Patterson said that at the time, the child support issue had been sorted out, and the school issue was close to being resolved in the new year and did not require any further discussion.
“I remember sending those messages, actually,” she told the jury.
“It reminded me of the happy holidays that Simon and I had there and I felt sad about the way we had finished conflict before we left for New Zealand.”
Patterson said she was trying to say sorry to Simon and that she wished her communication was better.
“He seemed to have taken it very graciously,” she said.
12.48pm
It is a small detail about her upbringing that she has told the jury as she speaks of a lifetime battle with body image issues.
“I tried every diet under the sun,” she said.
Her eating habits had been a rollercoaster over the years. She said she went to the extreme of barely eating when she was young, before bingeing in her adult life. “Eating everything you can get your hands on before feeling sick,” the court was told.
Erin Patterson is visibly distressed as she speaks about her poor relationship with food and her private binge-eating habits.
Using a tissue to dab her watery eyes, Patterson told the court she had engaged in binge-eating since her mid-20s and would engage in the behaviour while the children were at school and Simon was at work.
“In some intense periods it could be daily,” she said. “It could vary in intensity.“
Leading up to July 2023, Erin said she would engage in binge-eating two or three times a week on average, maybe a little bit more.
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Trying to say sorry in text messages from abroad
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The jury is hearing more about an exchange of text messages between Erin and Simon Patterson in December 2022.On December 9, 2022, the court heard, Simon sent a text saying he had learnt more about the financial side of things and he believed he and Erin could sort out their differences.
On December 16, 2022, Erin Patterson sent a video of the children in New Zealand riding a toboggan on the North Island that they had first visited in 2013, when Erin was pregnant with her second child.
She told the court they would go back every time they went to New Zealand, but that visit was the first time their daughter was finally old enough to ride.
Patterson said she knew Simon would be very happy to see the footage.
The court heard Simon texted back to thank her and compliment her camera work.
Erin Patterson said that at the time, the child support issue had been sorted out, and the school issue was close to being resolved in the new year and did not require any further discussion.
“I remember sending those messages, actually,” she told the jury.
“It reminded me of the happy holidays that Simon and I had there and I felt sad about the way we had finished conflict before we left for New Zealand.”
Patterson said she was trying to say sorry to Simon and that she wished her communication was better.
“He seemed to have taken it very graciously,” she said.
12.48pm
Erin Patterson’s early weigh-ins and a lifetime of body image struggles
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Growing up, Erin Patterson would be asked to get on the scales to make sure she wasn’t putting on too much weight.It is a small detail about her upbringing that she has told the jury as she speaks of a lifetime battle with body image issues.
“I tried every diet under the sun,” she said.
Her eating habits had been a rollercoaster over the years. She said she went to the extreme of barely eating when she was young, before bingeing in her adult life. “Eating everything you can get your hands on before feeling sick,” the court was told.
Erin Patterson is visibly distressed as she speaks about her poor relationship with food and her private binge-eating habits.
Using a tissue to dab her watery eyes, Patterson told the court she had engaged in binge-eating since her mid-20s and would engage in the behaviour while the children were at school and Simon was at work.
“In some intense periods it could be daily,” she said. “It could vary in intensity.“
Leading up to July 2023, Erin said she would engage in binge-eating two or three times a week on average, maybe a little bit more.
Day 25, as it happened: Patterson concedes death cap mushrooms were in beef Wellington she fed guests
Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has conceded death cap mushrooms were in a beef Wellington she fed her lunch guests after telling a jury she often foraged for fungi and enjoyed buying exotic varieties because they tasted better.
1m ago12.51 AEST
Patterson’s chin appears to tremble as she answers: “I’ve never had a good relationship with food, a healthy relationship,” she says.
Patterson’s voice breaks as she says she would eat “everything you could get your hands on” before making herself sick.
Patterson says she would not do it around other people.
In Australia, the Butterfly Foundation is at 1800 33 4673. In the UK, Beat can be contacted on 0808-801-0677. In the US, help is available at nationaleatingdisorders.org or by calling ANAD’s eating disorders hotline at 800-375-7767. Other international helplines can be found at Eating Disorder Hope.
Erin Patterson tells court she’s never had a ‘healthy relationship’ with food
Barrister Colin Mandy SC turns to ask Erin Patterson about her body image issues.Patterson says as a child her mother would weigh her each week to ensure they didn’t put on too much weight.
Patterson’s chin appears to tremble as she answers: “I’ve never had a good relationship with food, a healthy relationship,” she says.
Patterson’s voice breaks as she says she would eat “everything you could get your hands on” before making herself sick.
Patterson says she would not do it around other people.
She says she had been binge eating and making herself sick since her 20s.
In Australia, the Butterfly Foundation is at 1800 33 4673. In the UK, Beat can be contacted on 0808-801-0677. In the US, help is available at nationaleatingdisorders.org or by calling ANAD’s eating disorders hotline at 800-375-7767. Other international helplines can be found at Eating Disorder Hope.
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Speaking of sobs, I've only ever seen her speak at that press encounter outside her car. There's a very calm actress pretending to speak Erin's testimony online, but does anyone know what she might actually sound like?
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Could she have been trying to build up immunity in herself? Just brainstorming here...
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Erin says she regularly bought dried mushrooms at Asian grocers
Mr Mandy asks Erin how frequently she'd do shopping around Mount Waverley, Oakleigh and Clayton.She says she'd shop there when she had the kids up at the Mount Waverley home and that she bought dried mushrooms in Asian grocers.
"I'd use them in curries or pasta dishes or soup, spaghetti," she says.
"They just taste more interesting, more flavour," she says when asked about dried vs fresh mushrooms.
* But she can't remember what Asian grocers she went to..!
When does this crap end! Stupid woman, enough is enough.
Poor Mr Wilkinson is listening to this dribble and watched the horrendous death of his wife and relatives die
2 minutes ago
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Erin is asked about mushrooms and foraging
Mr Mandy says he now wants to ask her about mushrooms.
He says the jury has heard evidence that she discussed her love of mushroom with her Facebook friends.
“Yep that’s true,” she said.
He says there were messages about her buying a food dehydrator and of mushrooms inside the device.
She is shown photos of the mushrooms on a dehydrator shelf.
In the photos, which Erin had sent to her Facebook friends, dozens of dried mushroom slices could be seen laid out on the trays of her dehydrator.
“Looks like they’re at the end of the cycle,” she tells the court.
Mr Mandy asks if an interest in wild mushrooms.
“Yeah I did,” she said.
She said her interest began in early 2020 during Covid lockdowns when she went for walks with her children in Korumburra.
“I first noticed them popping up then,” she said.
“There were lots of them at the gardens. I remember that.”
“Had you always liked eating mushrooms?” Mr Mandy asks.
“Yeah, I had,” she replied.
“They taste good and they’re very healthy.”
1:00 PM
Exotic mushrooms 'just taste more interesting': Erin
Erin said she’d buy different varieties of mushrooms at Woolworths and farmers markets.
Mr Mandy says there had been evidence she bought mushrooms from Asian grocers, asking if she shopped in Mount Waverley, Oakleigh and Clayton.
She said she’d shop for them when the kids were staying at her Melbourne home.
“I use them in curries or pasta dishes or soup, spaghetti,” she said.
Asked what she liked about exotic mushrooms, she said: “They just taste more interesting, more flavour.”
HIGHLIGHT
Erin is asked about mushrooms and foraging
Mr Mandy says he now wants to ask her about mushrooms.
He says the jury has heard evidence that she discussed her love of mushroom with her Facebook friends.
“Yep that’s true,” she said.
He says there were messages about her buying a food dehydrator and of mushrooms inside the device.
She is shown photos of the mushrooms on a dehydrator shelf.
In the photos, which Erin had sent to her Facebook friends, dozens of dried mushroom slices could be seen laid out on the trays of her dehydrator.
“Looks like they’re at the end of the cycle,” she tells the court.
Mr Mandy asks if an interest in wild mushrooms.
“Yeah I did,” she said.
She said her interest began in early 2020 during Covid lockdowns when she went for walks with her children in Korumburra.
“I first noticed them popping up then,” she said.
“There were lots of them at the gardens. I remember that.”
“Had you always liked eating mushrooms?” Mr Mandy asks.
“Yeah, I had,” she replied.
“They taste good and they’re very healthy.”
1:00 PM
Exotic mushrooms 'just taste more interesting': Erin
Erin said she’d buy different varieties of mushrooms at Woolworths and farmers markets.
Mr Mandy says there had been evidence she bought mushrooms from Asian grocers, asking if she shopped in Mount Waverley, Oakleigh and Clayton.
She said she’d shop for them when the kids were staying at her Melbourne home.
“I use them in curries or pasta dishes or soup, spaghetti,” she said.
Asked what she liked about exotic mushrooms, she said: “They just taste more interesting, more flavour.”
1m ago13.00 AEST
Mandy shows Patterson photos she sent to her Facebook friends of mushrooms laid on a dehydrator shelf.
Patterson remarks about one photo: “looks like they’re at the end of the cycle.”
Asked if she developed an interest in wild mushrooms, she replies: “yes, I did.”
Patterson says her interest in mushrooms began during Covid in early 2020 when she would go for walks in the Korumburra Botanic Gardens with her children and noticed them.
Mandy asks Patterson why she has enjoyed eating mushrooms.
It’s more flavour.
Erin Patterson says she developed an interest in wild mushrooms during Covid
Barrister Colin Mandy SC turns to question his client about mushrooms.Mandy shows Patterson photos she sent to her Facebook friends of mushrooms laid on a dehydrator shelf.
Patterson remarks about one photo: “looks like they’re at the end of the cycle.”
Asked if she developed an interest in wild mushrooms, she replies: “yes, I did.”
Patterson says her interest in mushrooms began during Covid in early 2020 when she would go for walks in the Korumburra Botanic Gardens with her children and noticed them.
Mandy asks Patterson why she has enjoyed eating mushrooms.
Asked about wild mushrooms, Patterson says they “just taste more interesting.”
It’s more flavour.
If her testimony is supposed to explain why she discharged herself from hospital her family’s medical history is doing a LOT
of heavy lifting.
Broken down : her daughter had an ovarian mass as a baby which was alarming but benign and didn’t cause any problems. There was some initial scepticism but the right imaging was ordered and no harm was done. Unrelated to that, an abdo X-ray when she was 4 years showed she was “backed up” i.e. constipated,
Erin’s son had a knee injury that was initially managed conservatively with physio and then it was eventually decided he needed an operation.
It’s just so insulting to families with children with severe, ongoing needs to try to claim that these issues were so traumatising for Erin that she couldn’t cope with medical professionals as a consequence.
of heavy lifting.
Broken down : her daughter had an ovarian mass as a baby which was alarming but benign and didn’t cause any problems. There was some initial scepticism but the right imaging was ordered and no harm was done. Unrelated to that, an abdo X-ray when she was 4 years showed she was “backed up” i.e. constipated,
Erin’s son had a knee injury that was initially managed conservatively with physio and then it was eventually decided he needed an operation.
It’s just so insulting to families with children with severe, ongoing needs to try to claim that these issues were so traumatising for Erin that she couldn’t cope with medical professionals as a consequence.
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I cannot for the life of me see the relevance of all this padding being provided by Erin with assistance from the leading questions provided by her council. Are they trying to bore the jury to death?Erin's 'very hurt'..........Simon has no 'feelings' ..............no one listens to me................every symptom I have must be terminal.................Simon doesn't understand...........
Rinse, wash, repeat.
Erin is exhausting!
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2m ago
And now it's lunch
By Joseph Dunstan
Justice Beale takes the opportunity to call for lunch.
We'll be back with more coverage and more testimony from accused killer Erin Patterson at 2.15pm.
And now it's lunch
By Joseph Dunstan
Justice Beale takes the opportunity to call for lunch.
We'll be back with more coverage and more testimony from accused killer Erin Patterson at 2.15pm.
Exactly!! Than to want to do nursing is just wayyyy toooo much for me.
I guess Mr Mandy has to try for his client ( I imagine he is hating this as much as we are ...secretly )
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