Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 #14 *Arrest*

[browneyes]

Thank you! Something to mull over while we wait for the closing summaries.

Wait…what? I missed the rest? Closings? I thought it was going to the end of June? I need to catch up.

 

[Detechtive]

Not you then?

Definitely not me, I know who one of the people was, but not the other 2. I wasn't friends with her for a time prior to these allegations / Charges.

 

[browneyes]

I was busy and missed most of it. Damn

Me too.

 

[browneyes]

Closings are happening now! We might even get a verdict next week
The prosecution aren't calling any more witnesses!

Oh my. Well, this was a sudden turn, IMO. The jury, however, is probably celebrating. Closings are happening now?

 

[SouthAussie]

Someone just raised this point which I thought was very apt:

“Incredible that Erin's personal defence relied exclusively on her word. Her word which, by her own admission, has a persistent pattern of deceit and attempted manipulation.

She raised no corroborating evidence for any of her claims.

There was no reference to the testimony of others or evidence collected which may show internal inconsistencies with the prosecutor's interpretations or where others had made comments which may support her defence.

Not a single person has come forth to vouch for any suggestion of her innocence, even if the relationship was merely incidental.

Of everything available for Erin to bring forth in her defence, only her word was called on. Word which is consistently inconsistent with the testimony of everyone else.

Incredible.”

Their kids were probably the only ones who corroborated any of it ... white and other plates, leftovers for dinner ... but they couldn't help to corroborate very much. And then she disagreed with some of their evidence anyway.

imo

 

[MrJ]

Oh my. Well, this was a sudden turn, IMO. The jury, however, is probably celebrating. Closings are happening now?

Probably not now now but in the coming days.

 

[browneyes]

Their kids were probably the only ones who corroborated any of it ... white and other plates, leftovers for dinner ... but they couldn't help to corroborate very much. And then she disagreed with some of their evidence anyway.

imo

I worry about her kids. They can never, ever trust her, IMO

 

[browneyes]

Probably not now now but in the coming days.

I’m shocked. I hope the prosecution hits it out of the park with their closing. I wonder what any attendees think of how they did on cross. I can’t judge because we only heard snippets.

 

[Gavel Rash]

The police took photos of the fridge, and they tested the gravy that they found in the fridge. I can't imagine they didn't look for all of the ingredients or anything related.



As she explained the layout, the jury was shown images of Patterson’s kitchen. The images include a photograph of a silver fridge with double doors, another of the RecipeTin Eats cookbook atop the counter by the stove, and a photo of a black shelf containing what appears to be scales and a white ceramic jug.

“I had two gravy pitchers, that was the second one,” Patterson said.

The other pitcher containing the leftover gravy from lunch was still in the fridge at the time the image was taken on August 5, 2023.

Erin Patterson murder trial day 26 as it happened: Mushroom cook says fear of estranged husband’s actions led to phone resets; details dumping food dehydrator at local tip after fatal lunch

Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.

www.smh.com.au

He told the court he was delivered the leftover beef Wellington on August 2, a fruit platter and jug of gravy on August 8 and seven vials of “material” from Ms Patterson’s dehydrator on August 11.

He told the jury the fruit platter was not tested, and no death cap DNA was found in the gravy.

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/erin-patterson-trial-victorias-chief-toxicologist-tells-jury-death-cap-mushroom-toxins-found/news-story/bc0cf85ab7f3556ee2d53af9d133f308

So in more obvious terms the two extra fillets in the freezer were the ones she cooked up for her kids, calling them ‘leftovers’ and in fact they were merely leftovers of ingredients not of the actual beef wellingtons.
Erin’s capacity to be able to creatively obfuscate the narrative to enact innocence by indicating that they ate leftovers and were not ill because she had removed the pastry and mushrooms when all the while they were eating ‘leftovers’ of beef fillets.

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

I noticed in her media interview before she was charged that she said "I am so sorry... that they lost their lives" - as though it was their fault for dying. Odd wording which distances her from actual remorse. IMO

Whatever the future holds for her the acting profession is probably not for her.

 

[Scuffy35]

So in more obvious terms the two extra fillets in the freezer were the ones she cooked up for her kids, calling them ‘leftovers’ and in fact they were merely leftovers of ingredients not of the actual beef wellingtons.
Erin’s capacity to be able to creatively obfuscate the narrative to enact innocence by indicating that they ate leftovers and were not ill because she had removed the pastry and mushrooms when all the while they were eating ‘leftovers’ of beef fillets.

I thought the fillets from Woolies were two per pack and she bought five packs. That would make for two packs, ie four fillets in the freezer.

So after feeding themselves these extra steaks on Sunday night, there would be still a couple of steaks left.

They could have either eaten the rest of them or left them in the freezer by the time the house and fridge was searched a few days later.

 

[Cliff Hardy]

Whatever the future holds for her the acting profession is probably is not for her.

Could see her playing the new diner chef on Home and Away in the season finale and the cast dropping like flies after eating her cooking.

Who ate the Beef Wellington? Who lives? Who dies? Tune in when Home and Away resumes...

 

[MaxDecimus13]

Closings are happening now! We might even get a verdict next week
The prosecution aren't calling any more witnesses!

If they don't make the point that her throwing up would have had little effect, they've dropped the ball a little I think.

 

[JBowie]

How long will it take for a new trial if the jury is hung? Anyone?

Let's hope that doesn't occur.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

My guess is that he'll be saying, inter alia, that a litany of lies does not necessarily automatically make a person guilty -- which may be true -- but it sure doesn't paint them as innocent either IMO.

Exactly, and if you had nothing to hide, why would you need to lie?

If you're innocent and caused such a terrible accident, you would be doing all you can to help everyone

 

[Tweet57]

@Detechtive I’m sure EP will read the WS forum on her case at some stage.
Do you think she will know your true identity as a former friend and as an Insider in the case?

 

[Brooklyn127]

Through a hobby, but not mushroom foraging

Too funny! Glad you moved on.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Let's hope that doesn't occur.

It does worry me but hopefully that doesn't happen

 

[lazymaiden07]

@Detechtive I’m sure EP will read the WS forum on her case at some stage.
Do you think she will know your true identity as a former friend and as an Insider in the case?

Would she have access to the internet? I wouldn't have thought so?

 

[Klclevi]

On a completely different tangent, does anyone know if there is a thread about the death of Jennifer Tanner ? (Nov 1984)