Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 #12 *Arrest*
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The police would have an audio tape of that interview, surely?
2m ago11.30 AEST
Patterson says during the police search she was able to use her phone to make enquiries for her daughter’s activity and to call a lawyer.
Mandy turns to Patterson’s police interview when she was asked questions about a dehydrator. In the interview, an officer asked Patterson if she had ever dehydrated “food or anything”. Patterson replied, “No.”
“Was that a lie?” Mandy asks.
“It was,” says Patterson.
In the interview, she also denied owning a dehydrator or knowing anything about a dehydrator in her house.
Erin agrees both of these responses were lies.
Mandy asks why she told these lies.
Patterson says she lied for the same reason.
1m ago02.31 BST
Mandy takes Patterson to elements of the prosecution’s case against her.
He asks if all the six beef wellingtons she cooked were the same. She says, “Yes.”
He asks if all the beef wellingtons she served on plates at the lunch were the same. She says, “Yes.”
He asks if she lied about her children eating leftovers of the same lunch.
“No,” Patterson says.
He asks his client if she pretended to be sick. She replies “no” as her voice trembles.
He asks if she has ever intentionally picked death cap mushrooms or used the toxic fungi in the beef wellingtons she prepared on 29 July 2023.
A visibly upset Patterson says “no” to both questions.
Patterson says she lied to police about owning a dehydrator
Mandy turns to the police search at Patterson’s Leongatha home.Patterson says during the police search she was able to use her phone to make enquiries for her daughter’s activity and to call a lawyer.
Mandy turns to Patterson’s police interview when she was asked questions about a dehydrator. In the interview, an officer asked Patterson if she had ever dehydrated “food or anything”. Patterson replied, “No.”
“Was that a lie?” Mandy asks.
“It was,” says Patterson.
In the interview, she also denied owning a dehydrator or knowing anything about a dehydrator in her house.
Erin agrees both of these responses were lies.
Mandy asks why she told these lies.
Mandy takes his client to her answers in the police interview where she said she had never foraged for mushrooms.
Patterson says she lied for the same reason.
1m ago02.31 BST
Mandy takes Patterson to elements of the prosecution’s case against her.
He asks if all the six beef wellingtons she cooked were the same. She says, “Yes.”
He asks if all the beef wellingtons she served on plates at the lunch were the same. She says, “Yes.”
He asks if she lied about her children eating leftovers of the same lunch.
“No,” Patterson says.
He asks his client if she pretended to be sick. She replies “no” as her voice trembles.
He asks if she has ever intentionally picked death cap mushrooms or used the toxic fungi in the beef wellingtons she prepared on 29 July 2023.
A visibly upset Patterson says “no” to both questions.
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It is, there is no way they would have wanted her to take the stand.
Ballet mom… I hope they can show if she really did call another mom or if that was a lie that gave her an opportunity to get rid of her second mobile. The police should had kept a watch of her at all times when they were searching her house.
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In this case, they would include written, audio, or video recordings. I would do the lot.!
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'Did you pretend to be sick after the lunch?'
Mr Mandy says he will now ask his client about allegations made by the prosecution.
Mr Mandy: “Did you lie to people when you said that you’d only cooked one batch of mushrooms for the beef wellingtons?”
Erin: “No, I didn’t lie.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you lie about purchasing dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in the Oakleigh area in April of 2023?”
Erin: “No.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you lie about using those mushrooms from the Asian grocer in the beef wellingtons?”
Erin: “No, I didn’t.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you lie about your children eating leftovers of the same meal that had been served at the lunch?”
Erin: “No, I didn’t.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you pretend to be sick following the lunch?”
Erin: “No, I didn’t.”
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This is getting ridiculous.
Key Event
Just now
Erin denies murdering her lunch guests
By Joseph Dunstan
We return from a short break, and Mr Mandy asks whether Erin Patterson murdered her relatives.
"Did you intend to kill or cause really serious injury to Donald Patterson by serving that meal?" Mr Mandy asks.
"No I didn't," Erin says.
"Did you intend to harm him in any way?"
"No."
The same questions are asked of the other three guests Gail Patterson, Heather Wilkinson and Ian Wilkinson.
Erin says no to all questions, her voice progressively breaking as Mr Mandy comes to the end of the names.
Key Event
Just now
Erin denies murdering her lunch guests
By Joseph Dunstan
We return from a short break, and Mr Mandy asks whether Erin Patterson murdered her relatives.
"Did you intend to kill or cause really serious injury to Donald Patterson by serving that meal?" Mr Mandy asks.
"No I didn't," Erin says.
"Did you intend to harm him in any way?"
"No."
The same questions are asked of the other three guests Gail Patterson, Heather Wilkinson and Ian Wilkinson.
Erin says no to all questions, her voice progressively breaking as Mr Mandy comes to the end of the names.
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I'm here for it.
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HERE WE GO
Key Event
Prosecution up now to cross-examine Erin Patterson
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By Joseph Dunstan
With that, Mr Mandy's questioning ends.
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC launches into her cross-examination of Erin Patterson.
She begins by moving through Erin's police interview, rapidly reading out the questions and answers regarding dehydrators.
Dr Rogers asks Erin to confirm that these were lies, which she admits.
Key Event
Prosecution up now to cross-examine Erin Patterson
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By Joseph Dunstan
With that, Mr Mandy's questioning ends.
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC launches into her cross-examination of Erin Patterson.
She begins by moving through Erin's police interview, rapidly reading out the questions and answers regarding dehydrators.
Dr Rogers asks Erin to confirm that these were lies, which she admits.
3m ago11.32 AEST
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC is cross-examining Patterson.
Cross-examination of Erin Patterson begins
Erin Patterson’s cross-examination has begun in her triple murder trial.Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC is cross-examining Patterson.
3 minutes ago - 11:33 AMMax Corstorphan
“No,” I didn’t,” she said, crying.
“Did you intend to harm?” Mr Mandy asked.
“No,” Ms Patterson said.
thenightly.com.au
‘Did you intend to kill?’: Erin Patterson asked if she did it
“Did you intend to kill?” Ms Patterson was asked by her defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC.“No,” I didn’t,” she said, crying.
“Did you intend to harm?” Mr Mandy asked.
“No,” Ms Patterson said.
Ex ‘would have had beef Wellington too’ if he’d come
LIVE UPDATES: Erin Patterson says she would have served ex-husband Simon Patterson a beef Wellington, too, if he had turned up to the deadly lunch.
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11.29am
Patterson told them she had not.
Today, she told the court that she lied when asked several times if she owned a dehydrator or if there was one in the house, and she had also lied when she was asked whether she had foraged for mushrooms.
“I had disposed of it a few days earlier in the context of thinking that maybe mushrooms that I’d foraged for the meal I’d prepared were responsible for making people sick,” she said.
Patterson said it was a stupid reaction, that she “digged deeper and kept lying”.
“I was just scared. I shouldn’t have done it,” she said.
www.theage.com.au
‘I was just scared’: Patterson’s dehydrator lie
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Inside courtroom 4 in Morwell, the jury that will decide accused killer Erin Patterson’s fate is being directed to a transcript of her police interview. In that interview, the 50-year-old was asked by officers if she had ever owned a dehydrator or dehydrated food.Patterson told them she had not.
Today, she told the court that she lied when asked several times if she owned a dehydrator or if there was one in the house, and she had also lied when she was asked whether she had foraged for mushrooms.
“I had disposed of it a few days earlier in the context of thinking that maybe mushrooms that I’d foraged for the meal I’d prepared were responsible for making people sick,” she said.
Patterson said it was a stupid reaction, that she “digged deeper and kept lying”.
“I was just scared. I shouldn’t have done it,” she said.
Erin Patterson murder trial day 27 as it happened: ‘You thought the lunch guests would die’: A rare invitation and a ‘lie about cancer’
It was rare for Erin Patterson to host guests; having four people over for a meal was not an ordinary, casual event for the mother of two.
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The police were sloppy on more than one occasion with her.
1 minute ago - 11:37 AMMax Corstorphan
The accused was asked about her dehydrator, which she told police she did not own.
“You lied?” the prosecution asked.
“Yes,” Ms Patterson said.
She confirmed she purchased the dehydrator, took it home and used it.
thenightly.com.au
‘You lied’: Cross-examination being
Ms Patterson has been asked about her lies.The accused was asked about her dehydrator, which she told police she did not own.
“You lied?” the prosecution asked.
“Yes,” Ms Patterson said.
She confirmed she purchased the dehydrator, took it home and used it.
Ex ‘would have had beef Wellington too’ if he’d come
LIVE UPDATES: Erin Patterson says she would have served ex-husband Simon Patterson a beef Wellington, too, if he had turned up to the deadly lunch.
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'Did you intend to kill' your guests?: Erin grilled
Mr Mandy continues.
Mr Mandy: “Have you ever intentionally picked death cap mushrooms?”
Erin: “No.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you intentionally include death cap mushrooms in the beef wellingtons you prepared on the 29th of July?”
Mr Mandy: “No.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you intend to kill or cause really serious injury to Donald Patterson, by serving that meal?”.
Erin: “No I didn’t.”
Mr Mandy: “Did you intend to harm him in any way?”
Erin: “No.”
Mr Mandy then repeats the same question in relation to each guest, with Erin giving the same answers.
Her voices cracks as she gives her answers.
Mr Mandy has finished his questioning.
After the last question by Mr Mandy, Erin reached for a tissue.
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