I was responding to your point that the sixth Wellington didn't contain death caps and wasn't therefore intended to kill Simon.Yes. We are aware Simon was invited and he absolutely would have been served a beef Wellington.
However (most surprising for me, out for the four attempted charges) the beef Wellington lunch murder attempt was dropped due to an absence of evidence.
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Why Simon's alleged poisoning charges were dropped - South Gippsland Sentinel Times
ON MONDAY, July 7, 2025, Leongatha mother of two, Erin Patterson, was found guilty on four charges, three counts of murder against her in-laws Gail and Don Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, and one of attempted murder against Ian...www.sgst.com.au
It’s a rough system for sure.
The absence of evidence, IMO, would have been the absence of an admission from Erin, pre-trial, that she had still made him a Wellington despite him texting to say he would not be attending. Now they have it.