Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 #7 *Arrest*

[MsMarple]

Waiting…

 

[Detechtive]

What happens when someone is separated and they die? Would his kids get half of his assets or would it go to his parents because they are too young? Or would it go to Erin as the guardian?

If they were not divorced, it would all go to Erin, right?

 

[Detechtive]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-mushroom-cook/inside-the-courtroom-mushroom-cook-erin-patterson-faces-court-for-day-4-of-murder-trial/live-coverage/414947665965cf975a9016b62f1861a2#/entry/31378137

 

[MsMarple]

Simon Patterson is back in the witness stand in the court room.

Erin Patterson’s lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is continuing his cross examination of Simon.

Erin Patterson trial live updates: estranged husband Simon Patterson’s evidence continues in mushroom cook’s murder case

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates

www.theguardian.com

 

[MsMarple]

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Thanks @Detechtive ! I’m on my phone trying to juggle. Appreciate the help!

 

[Detechtive]

Thanks @Detechtive ! I’m on my phone trying to juggle. Appreciate the help!

I'll paste from a different source - sometimes they have different details

 

[SouthAussie]

What happens when someone is separated and they die? Would his kids get half of his assets or would it go to his parents because they are too young? Or would it go to Erin as the guardian?

If they were not divorced, it would all go to Erin, right?

I imagine it would go according to his will, if he has one. Maybe we will learn about that today.

Money can be put into a trust for the children to access at a designated age, with a trusted person administering that trust. In terms of a will.

The administrator can be a lawyer, but Simon sounds as if he thinks EP is a devoted mother and would do have done what was best for the kids. Which now seems a fallacy, if she wiped out their remaining grandparents.

 

[MsMarple]

We've only got a half-day of court scheduled today, with the jury, lawyers and everyone else set to enjoy a break after what has been a busy week.

Simon Patterson's evidence will resume — he's again smartly dressed in a suit, blue shirt and tie. Erin Patterson is in the court dock, wearing a grey jumper and has her spectacles resting on her head.

Ms Patterson's lawyer Colin Mandy SC gets to his feet, with the cross-examination to continue.

Erin Patterson 'didn't actually ask' how sick in-laws were, trial hears — as it happened

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson's estranged husband Simon Patterson appeared for the second day as a witness in her trial. Look back on how it unfolded in our live blog.

www.abc.net.au

 

[SouthAussie]

Thanks @Detechtive ! I’m on my phone trying to juggle. Appreciate the help!

Sorry I can't help more ... in and out all day.
Thanks to all who have been, and are, getting the information onto the thread.

I am sure we will all provide additional commentary when we can!

 

[whiskia]

I don't recall seeing that. Can you find a link?

Mushroom chef's Facebook messages leak

Mushroom chef Erin Patterson lashed out at her local community while putting together the local newspaper, an insider has revealed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

took ages to find it but worth it!!!

 

[MsMarple]

All my posts will be from abc.net unless otherwise noted.

The court is shown a clip of Simon's father Don and his grandson conducting a backyard experiment about two weeks before the fatal lunch.

A matchbox-size car had been modified, fitted with a "rocket" on the back.

The pair fire it up, with smoke bellowing out the back of the little red car.

“Oh its working by why isn’t it going?!” Gail Patterson is heard saying in the background.

In the dock, Simon Patterson says he remembers seeing the clip. He smiles, with tears in his eyes.

 

[SouthAussie]

"Mandy begins by asking Simon about the relationship between his parents and children.

He shows the courtroom a video, showing Simon’s son and his father, Don, playing with a rocket-propelled car in the backyard. Mandy says it was captured on 17 July 2023 - weeks before the fateful mushroom lunch.

As he’s shown the video, Simon wipes away tears from his eyes."

Erin Patterson trial live updates: estranged husband Simon Patterson’s evidence continues in mushroom cook’s murder case

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates

www.theguardian.com

 

[SouthAussie]

All my posts will be from abc.net unless otherwise noted.

I will check The Guardian when I can. See if they add any further details. I won't be able to be consistent though.

 

[MsMarple]

I usually manage to stay somewhat aloof in cases but the image of a grandpa playing with the kids tore me up. Too close to home I guess.

 

[drsleuth]

I'll add what I can, but won't be consistent.

 

[drsleuth]

Erin ‘never actually asked’ about condition of lunch guests after meal, court hears: Trial day three, as it happened

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

www.theage.com.au

10.50am

Inside room 4 of the Morwell courthouse​

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Erin Pearson, a crime and justice reporter for The Age, holds one of the six coveted seats reserved for media inside courtroom 4 of the courthouse in Morwell, where the trial is being held.

Erin Patterson is in the dock dressed in a sage green jumper today.

Her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, has been brought into the courtroom and is now in the witness box.

Again, he has taken a seat there and is not standing, leaning back in an office chair and looking around the room while waiting for proceedings to get underway.

Beale confirmed with the jury that they have now selected a foreperson, a female juror, whose role is to raise any questions the jury may have during the trial with the judge.

 

[whiskia]

Mainly in response to your last paragraph:

In the beginning she complained that she was being painted as a witch. I wonder if that was what she wanted and somehow expected: that she'd get a local reputation to the effect that things too bad to be specified happened to people who crossed Erin. She got her timing wrong, by a few centuries.

Funny that she depicted herself as a witch in her social media posts (see link )

Mushroom chef's Facebook messages leak

Mushroom chef Erin Patterson lashed out at her local community while putting together the local newspaper, an insider has revealed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Detechtive]

Erin ‘never actually asked’ about condition of lunch guests after meal, court hears: Trial day three, as it happened

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

www.theage.com.au

10.50am

Inside room 4 of the Morwell courthouse​

​

Erin Pearson, a crime and justice reporter for The Age, holds one of the six coveted seats reserved for media inside courtroom 4 of the courthouse in Morwell, where the trial is being held.

Erin Patterson is in the dock dressed in a sage green jumper today.

Her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, has been brought into the courtroom and is now in the witness box.

Again, he has taken a seat there and is not standing, leaning back in an office chair and looking around the room while waiting for proceedings to get underway.

Beale confirmed with the jury that they have now selected a foreperson, a female juror, whose role is to raise any questions the jury may have during the trial with the judge.

I have seen three reporters say her jumper is three different colours. Kahki, Sage Green, and Grey. Not that it matters a lot.

 

[drsleuth]

3m ago10.55 AEST
Mandy has now turned to Erin inviting Simon to the mushroom lunch which was held on 29 July 2023.

Mandy points to Simon’s evidence yesterday that Erin had informed him she had “important” and “serious” medical news to share when she invited him to lunch.

“Let me put this to you, Erin did not say the words ‘important’ or ‘serious’ when she spoke to you that day,” Mandy says.

Simon replies that he can’t remember the exact words she said but that “important and serious are reasonable descriptions of what she communicated.”

Mandy suggests that the words “important” and “serious” were not used in his police statement.

Simon does not refute this.

Erin Patterson trial live updates: estranged husband Simon Patterson’s evidence continues in mushroom cook’s murder case

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates

www.theguardian.com

 

[whiskia]

I don't recall seeing that. Can you find a link?

Mushroom chef's Facebook messages leak

Mushroom chef Erin Patterson lashed out at her local community while putting together the local newspaper, an insider has revealed.

www.dailymail.co.uk