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They appeared on the Woolworths receipt as ‘’mashed/ mashing pototoes 1.5kg”
Some users have pointed out it was likely this product - actual potatoes suitable for mashing.
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Some users have pointed out it was likely this product - actual potatoes suitable for mashing.
Beef Wellington is one of the hardest meals to make so buying pre made Mash Potato and not having matching cutlery just stands out as really strange to me.
Maybe less time should of been spent on poisoned mushrooms and more time on a lovely mash.
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Maybe less time should of been spent on poisoned mushrooms and more time on a lovely mash.
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Respectfully disagree. Growing food isn't the same as picking deadly food.
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Judge set to sum up mushroom murder trial evidence
The jury tasked with deciding whether mushroom cook Erin Patterson is guilty or not guilty of three murders will return to court before beginning deliberations.
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Judge delivers final speech to jury in Erin Patterson mushroom trial
The mother-of-two is on trial, accused of killing her three in-laws with poisonous death cap mushrooms.
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Good summary
Judge to give instructions to the jury at Erin Patterson’s trial enters week nine
Welcome to 7NEWS.com.au’s live blog of the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial.Here is a recap of what the court has heard so far from the trial:
WEEK 1
Day one: It was revealed that three charges of attempted murder against Patterson in relation to her estranged husband had been dropped by the prosecution.
Day two: The prosecution and defence gave their opening addresses to the jury.
The court heard the prosecution will allege Patterson used a fake cancer diagnosis as the pretense for hosting the lunch, that the guests were served on different coloured plates to her, and she travelled to areas where death cap mushrooms were sighted in early 2023.
The prosecution will also allege Patterson dumped a food dehydrator – which was found to contain traces of death cap mushrooms – at a local tip in the days after the lunch, and that she set up two phones in early 2023 but only one was recovered by police during a search of her home.
The defence will argue the deaths were an “accidental terrible tragedy” and Patterson did not intentionally poison her guests.
The defence say Patterson lied to police because she “panicked”.
Day three: Erin Patterson’s estranged husband, Simon, took the stand as the prosecution’s first witness. The court heard about the former couple’s relationship, Patterson’s inheritance, and were shown texts the pair exchanged about the lunch and child support.
Day four: Simon Patterson returned to the stand for cross-examination. He became emotional as he described the court process as “very difficult”. The court heard Patterson suffered from mental illness, that she was “very hurt” after an “afterthought invite” to Gail’s birthday party, and was shown more heated texts about child support payments.
WEEK 2
Day five: Three friends Patterson made in a true crime Facebook group took the stand. They said Patterson shared photos of her food dehydrator online and that she consulted the group for advice on beef wellington recipes around July 2023.
Day six: Ian Wilkinson, who was the only guest to survive the lunch, took the witness stand. He described his relationship with Patterson, what happened at the lunch, and the symptoms he and his late wife, Heather, later suffered.
Day seven: The court heard evidence from the children of the four lunch guests as well as doctors who oversaw the two couple’s treatment. Don and Gail Patterson’s daughter, Anna Terrington, became emotional on the stand while recalling conversations with her parents about the lunch. The court was also shown CCTV of Patterson leaving the hospital against medical staff’s advice and heard a triple 0 call a doctor made to police after she discharged herself.
Day eight: The court heard from nurses and paramedics who tended to Patterson at hospital. They said she did not seem “unwell” and that they did not witness her making frequent trips to the toilet, despite her reportedly suffering from diarrhoea. The court also saw a pre-recorded interview of Patterson’s daughter speaking to a detective in August 2023 Her daughter told the officer her mother was sick the day after the lunch and she saw her go to the toilet around “ten times”.
Day nine: The court was shown a pre-recorded interview of Patterson’s son speaking to a detective. During the conversation, the teenage boy spoke about disputes between his parents and said his mother reported having diarrhoea after the lunch.
WEEK 3
Day 10: The court heard evidence from a mushroom expert, mycologist Thomas May, who provided information about the growth and distribution of death cap mushrooms in Australia. The court heard that he shared photos of death cap mushrooms on iNaturalist, a website where citizen scientists share observations of wild mushrooms, in May 2023. His observation was made in Outtrim, in Victoria’s Gippsland region. The prosecution will allege Patterson travelled to that area in the days after the sighting.
Day 11: CCTV footage of Patterson allegedly dropping a food dehydrator to a tip in the days after the lunch was shown in court. A mycologist who examined leftovers of beef wellington recovered from Patterson’s bin revealed the food remnants only contained field mushrooms. The court also heard from a medical expert who found Patterson’s hospital records did suggest she was suffering from a diarrhoeal illness.
Day 12: The court heard from a child protection worker who interviewed Patterson in the days after the lunch. She said Patterson described Simon as “controlling”, spoke about the beef wellington recipe, the lunch, and her bid to prevent a diarrhoea accident. The court also heard from a toxicologist who revealed traces of death cap mushroom toxins were found in the lunch leftovers and a dehydrator recovered from a tip.
Day 13: The court heard from a plant expert who examined the lunch leftovers and food dehydrator. He told the court death cap DNA was found in samples from the dehydrator, but not in the leftovers.
WEEK 4
Day 14: The court heard from a fungi expert who observed death cap mushrooms in Loch in April 2023 then reported the sighting on iNaturalist. The court also heard analysis from a digital forensic expert found Patterson’s mobile data showed she visited Loch and Outtrim in the days after death cap sightings were posted online.
Day 15: Under cross-examination, digital forensic expert Matthew Sorell confirmed analysis placing Patterson’s mobile phone in Loch and Outtrim in autumn 2023 was not conclusive. The court was also shown CCTV of Patterson making a nine second bathroom trip at a service station the day after the lunch.
Day 16: The court heard from a digital forensic expert who extracted files from Patterson’s computer. A report shown in court revealed there were visits to iNaturalist in May 2022, including to a page on the website about a death cap sighting in Melbourne.
Day 17: The court was shown Facebook messages Patterson sent to friends complaining about her frustration with Simon and his family. The court was also shown mobile phone analysis that indicated a number of factory resets were performed on a phone Patterson handed over to police.
Day 18: The court heard from an intensive care doctor who revealed all four lunch guests arrived at Austin Hospital critically ill. He said Don Patterson was given a liver transplant, but Gail and Heather were deemed too ill to receive one. Despite the surgery, Don died. Ian underwent a bowel surgery and later recovered after weeks in intensive care.
WEEK 5
Day 19: The court heard from Sally Ann Atkinson, a public health officer who was tasked with investigating the source of the mushrooms. She said Patterson gave differing accounts of events over separate interviews.
Day 20: Homicide detective Stephen Eppingstall, who oversaw the investigation, took the stand. The jury was shown footage of Patterson’s interview with police. During the interview, she denied having ever foraged for mushrooms and said she loved her former parents-in-law.
Day 21: The court was shown Patterson’s Woolworths shops in the lead up to the lunch and medical records from 2021, which indicated she had concerns about ovarian cancer. The court also heard phone data records show her primary sim card was removed from a Samsung a23 and put into a Nokia while police were searching her house on 5 August 2023.
Day 22: Detective Eppingstall was cross-examined by Patterson’s defence team. The court heard police budgets determined the analysis of Patterson’s phone. The court was also shown various receipts - including for cash payments at Koonwarra Transfer Station - as well as messages Patterson sent to Facebook friends and her former parents-in-law.
Day 23: The defence resumed cross-examination of detective Eppingstall. The court was shown messages between Patterson and her former parents-in-law in early and late 2022, in which Don and Gail inquired about Patterson’s health and she showed concern about them catching Covid. The court was also shown a Mother’s Day message exchange between Gail and Patterson, in which she described her as the ‘best mother-in-law’ anyone could ask for.
WEEK SIX
Day 24: The defence wrapped up cross-examination of detective Eppingstall. Patterson took the stand and told the court about what her life was like in July 2023. She also explained how she met her estranged husband, Simon, and described key moments from their first few years of marriage. She also said trouble with communication was the root cause of their marital issues.
Day 25: Patterson told the court about her issues with binge eating, child support discussions with her estranged husband, and how she used her inheritance. She explained she was converted to Christianity by Simon and claimed she had never told a Facebook friend that she was an atheist. She also spoke about her issues with hospitals, fondness for mushrooms and dehydrating food, and her history of foraging for wild mushrooms. She told the jury she accepted that death cap mushrooms were in lunch she served at her Leongatha home and that she was “ashamed” of messages she had sent to her Facebook friends about her former parents-in-law.
Day 26: Patterson spoke about the days after the lunch, claiming she pulled over to got to the toilet in bushland because she had diarrhoea. She said she wiped, put the tissues in a dog poo bag, and CCTV footage of her entering a BP toilet for mere seconds showed her disposing of the tissues.Patterson admitted to carrying out three out of four factory resets on one of her phones. She said she performed the last one, while her phone was in police custody, to see if detectives were “silly enough” to leave it connected to the internet. She also said she changed her phone number in the days after the lunch because she didn’t want Simon to contact her. Patterson said it wasn’t until a conversation with Simon in the hospital about the food dehydrator that she began to think her foraged mushrooms may have been responsible for the poisonings. She said she then became “scared” as child protection workers were now involved and so she lied to public health officers and dumped the dehydrator.
Day 27: The prosecution began cross-examination of Patterson. She denied lying to her lunch guests about having cancer, saying she wasn’t “that specific”. She was also questioned about foraging, child support, photos found on her devices, and conversations she had with Facebook friends.
Day 28: Under cross-examination, Patterson denied sending aggressive messages to Don and Gail as well as the suggestion that she was ‘two-faced’ about her relationship with her former parents-in-law by sending expletive-filled messages about them to her Facebook friends. She also told the jury she could not remember conducting iNaturalist searches on her computer.
WEEK SEVEN
Day 29: The court heard the ENRICH Clinic, in Melbourne, where Patterson said last week that she was booked for a gastric byspass surgery appointment in late 2023 - does not offer gastric bypass surgery. When the prosecution put that fact to Patterson, she said she was ‘puzzled’ and denied lying about having the appointment. Patterson also told the court she could not remember using iNaturalist or making a food order to a pub moments after the mushroom website were accessed. She also said her son was “mistaken” in his interview with detectives.
Day 30: During cross-examination, Patterson conceded the ENRICH Clinic in Melbourne does not offer gastric bypass surgery services. The prosecution asked why Patterson needed more mushrooms for the lunch as she had purchased 1.75kg of button mushrooms in the six days before the meal. Patterson told the court she ate 1kg of those mushrooms before the day of the lunch. Patterson also disputed what her children told police about why she did not want them at the lunch.
Day 31: Patterson was questioned by the prosecition about her diarrhoea medication claims. She also denied making up a conversation with Simon about the food dehydrator and said her daughter was mistaken about her also eating the lunch leftovers. During re-examination, Colin Mandy asked Patterson about her appointment at the ENRICH Clinic and searches on her device for the iNaturalist website.
WEEK EIGHT
Day 32: The prosecution began its closing address. Senior prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers SC alleged Patterson made four key deceptions in a bid to cover her tracks.
Day 33: The defence began its closing address. Defence barrister Colin Mandy SC told the jury would need to consider whether there was a reasonable possibility that the poisonings were accidental and a reasonable possibility Patterson did not intend to kill or cause serious injury to her guests.
Day 34: The defence concluded its closing address. The jury were told if they thought Patterson “probably did it” they should still find her not guilty, as that would mean they still had reasonable doubt.
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Just some musings...
1. EPs intelligence plus her personality - would attempt something difficult believing she is smart enough to pull it off first time
2. Novice cook, jump into a complex recipe not fully grasping the labour required.
3. Recipetineats recipe makes it sound easy
We heard from a VI that she wasn't into cooking so this actually makes sense to me.
1. EPs intelligence plus her personality - would attempt something difficult believing she is smart enough to pull it off first time
2. Novice cook, jump into a complex recipe not fully grasping the labour required.
3. Recipetineats recipe makes it sound easy
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Judge delivers final speech to jury in Erin Patterson mushroom trial
The mother-of-two is on trial, accused of killing her three in-laws with poisonous death cap mushrooms.
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Justice Christopher Beale begins his final instructions to the jury before they start their deliberations. The instructions are expected to go for at least two days. Follow his address as it happened.
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Erin Patterson murder trial day 40 LIVE: Jury begins its deliberations after judge finishes instructions; verdict must be unanimous
The jury in the trial of Erin Patterson, accused of murdering three people with a poisonous mushroom meal, is now deliberating its verdict.
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Key Event
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Welcome to today's blog
By Melissa Brown
Court is reconvening in Morwell after a four-day weekend.
Last week, prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC and defence barrister Colin Mandy SC delivered their closing addresses.
Today, Justice Christopher Beale is expected to begin giving his final directions to the jury retires to start deliberating on its four verdicts.
Justice Beale's directions are expected to be lengthy. The jury is not expected to go out today.
14m ago
Welcome to today's blog
By Melissa Brown
Court is reconvening in Morwell after a four-day weekend.
Last week, prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC and defence barrister Colin Mandy SC delivered their closing addresses.
Today, Justice Christopher Beale is expected to begin giving his final directions to the jury retires to start deliberating on its four verdicts.
Justice Beale's directions are expected to be lengthy. The jury is not expected to go out today.
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The jury is in
By Melissa Brown
Justice Beale begins his instructions to jury members.
He tells them there'll be three parts — the principals of the law, the issues they will need to decide and the procedure to be followed when they decide on their verdicts.
He explains that if he doesn't mention some evidence, it does not mean it is not important; on the flip side, if he mentions a particular piece of evidence or an argument by the counsel, it doesn't mean it's more important than other.
Just now
The jury is in
By Melissa Brown
Justice Beale begins his instructions to jury members.
He tells them there'll be three parts — the principals of the law, the issues they will need to decide and the procedure to be followed when they decide on their verdicts.
He explains that if he doesn't mention some evidence, it does not mean it is not important; on the flip side, if he mentions a particular piece of evidence or an argument by the counsel, it doesn't mean it's more important than other.
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The jurors have entered the court room in Morwell.
Beale is delivering his instructions to the jury, which is called the judge’s charge.
The jurors have entered the court room in Morwell.
Beale is delivering his instructions to the jury, which is called the judge’s charge.
Jury told three components to judge’s instructions
Justice Christopher Beale has begun his charge to the jury.He has told the jury his charge will contain three components:
1. Principles of law the jury must consider
2. Issues the jury will need to decide on
3. The procedure they will need to follow as they deliberate
Justice Beale said his charge will not contain all of the evidence tendered in the case.
“As you more than anyone will appreciate, there has been a lot of evidence (in this case),” Justice Beale said.
“The mere fact I don’t mention certain evidence does not mean that it is not important. “The fact I include (certain) evidence does not make it more important.
“What parts are important or not important are for you to decide as judges of the facts.”
Judge delivers final speech to jury in Erin Patterson mushroom trial
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Justice Beale has given the jury a hard copy of exhibits and evidence presented during the trial.
It's 86 pages long.
"It's not homework, you don't have to plough through it, but it's something you can dip into," he tells the jury.
Jury given chronology of the trial
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Justice Beale has given the jury a hard copy of exhibits and evidence presented during the trial.
It's 86 pages long.
"It's not homework, you don't have to plough through it, but it's something you can dip into," he tells the jury.
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Justice Beale explains the first section of the chronology covers a large period of time 2007 to 2022.
After that the key dates are broken up into sections from July 29 when the lunch was held at Erin Patterson's house, to other events including when she presented at the Leongatha hospital for the first time on July 31.
Justice Beale says there are then a series of post-it notes ("because there were only 10 dividers in the pack"). They include pointers to the exhibit list.
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What's in the chronology?
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Justice Beale explains the first section of the chronology covers a large period of time 2007 to 2022.
After that the key dates are broken up into sections from July 29 when the lunch was held at Erin Patterson's house, to other events including when she presented at the Leongatha hospital for the first time on July 31.
Justice Beale says there are then a series of post-it notes ("because there were only 10 dividers in the pack"). They include pointers to the exhibit list.
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He says jurors are the “judges of the facts.” Beale says this means if he omits evidence in his summary it does not mean it is not important.
The jurors can determine which arguments have merit regardless of if he mentions it, Beale says.
He reminds the 14-person jury that only 12 will determine the verdicts in Patterson’s trial. A balloting off process will determine which jurors deliberate.
Jurors are 'judges of the facts'
Beale says his charge will include three sections - the principles of the law, issues to consider and the procedure they must follow.He says jurors are the “judges of the facts.” Beale says this means if he omits evidence in his summary it does not mean it is not important.
The jurors can determine which arguments have merit regardless of if he mentions it, Beale says.
He reminds the 14-person jury that only 12 will determine the verdicts in Patterson’s trial. A balloting off process will determine which jurors deliberate.
Jury are given a chronology of the trial
Justice Beale is running the jury through the chronology of the trial.They have been handed a hard copy of exhibits and evidence presented during the trial, which is an 86-page document.
Justice Beale has told the jury the bundle contains a list of key dates. They have also been given post it notes to help organise the bundle into sections.
The jury have been told not all of the exhibits presented in the trial have been uploaded onto iPads, which they have all been given to assist them throughout the trial.
Judge delivers final speech to jury in Erin Patterson mushroom trial
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I've compiled a list of all the alleged/potential lies Erin has told that haven't been verified by anyone else, or in a few instances, actually contradict what others have said. I used all the examples you all posted here, hopefully I didn't miss any.
-the ovarian cancer (also of the elbow)
-the diarrhoea
-the fentanyl-out-of-ten (pain score) headache
-the bulimia
-the gastric band surgery
-the liposuction
-the Tupperware
-Claiming that she never went to Loch or Outrim to forage Death Caps
-Loving her relatives
- Having had bulimia for years
- Wee sample at hospital containing poo (I thought it was the other way around?)
- Cancer diagnosis
- Having booked in for weight loss surgery
- Chopping up the dehydrated mushrooms before adding them to the duxelles
- Son dropping phone into the mud
- Having foraged multiple times
- Purchasing the lunch mushrooms from an Asian store
- Needing to go back home from the hospital to pack her daughter’s ballet bag and tend to the animals
-Drinking tea on the day after lunch and only a little bit of takeaway coffee
-Eating 1kg of mushrooms herself in the days before the lunch.
-Being religious
- Giving her primary phone to Police
- not feeding the kids lunch leftovers
- house not apartment (is townhouse)
- using Recipetineats recipe
- tasting foraged mushrooms
- Simon’s accusatory words to Erin about the dehydrator, “Is that what you used to poison them?”
- saying the sixth BW wasn't for Simon
-the bush poo
Feel free to copy and paste and continue the list.
-the ovarian cancer (also of the elbow)
-the diarrhoea
-the fentanyl-out-of-ten (pain score) headache
-the bulimia
-the gastric band surgery
-the liposuction
-the Tupperware
-Claiming that she never went to Loch or Outrim to forage Death Caps
-Loving her relatives
- Having had bulimia for years
- Wee sample at hospital containing poo (I thought it was the other way around?)
- Cancer diagnosis
- Having booked in for weight loss surgery
- Chopping up the dehydrated mushrooms before adding them to the duxelles
- Son dropping phone into the mud
- Having foraged multiple times
- Purchasing the lunch mushrooms from an Asian store
- Needing to go back home from the hospital to pack her daughter’s ballet bag and tend to the animals
-Drinking tea on the day after lunch and only a little bit of takeaway coffee
-Eating 1kg of mushrooms herself in the days before the lunch.
-Being religious
- Giving her primary phone to Police
- not feeding the kids lunch leftovers
- house not apartment (is townhouse)
- using Recipetineats recipe
- tasting foraged mushrooms
- Simon’s accusatory words to Erin about the dehydrator, “Is that what you used to poison them?”
- saying the sixth BW wasn't for Simon
-the bush poo
Feel free to copy and paste and continue the list.
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Patterson, who is today wearing a brown jacket and a paisley top, listened as Justice Beale explained to the jury how his charge will proceed.
Justice Beale also explained how two of the remaining 14 jurors will be balloted out.
The jury were given an 84-page hard copy of the trial chronology which Justice Beale said wasn't 'homework' but rather something the jury could 'dip into'.
Justice Beale also said references to 'disputed events' will not be included in the chronology.
'Those are matters for you to decide,' he said.
'I've tried to steer clear of controversy in the preparation of this chronology.'
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Jury told verdict must be 'unanimous'
Justice Christopher Beale has told the jury in the Erin Patterson murder trial that their verdict must be 'unanimous'.Patterson, who is today wearing a brown jacket and a paisley top, listened as Justice Beale explained to the jury how his charge will proceed.
Justice Beale also explained how two of the remaining 14 jurors will be balloted out.
The jury were given an 84-page hard copy of the trial chronology which Justice Beale said wasn't 'homework' but rather something the jury could 'dip into'.
Justice Beale also said references to 'disputed events' will not be included in the chronology.
'Those are matters for you to decide,' he said.
'I've tried to steer clear of controversy in the preparation of this chronology.'
Judge in Erin Patterson murder trial begins instructions to jury — as it happened
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Apparently, the jury ballot will be held after the judge's summing up.
There are still 14 jurors, and two are to be balloted off at the end of the judge’s instructions. Twelve jurors will then deliberate a verdict.
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