A jury has heard the words of accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to police as she answered questions — telling them she had never foraged for mushrooms and didn’t own a dehydrator. Her own defence has admitted that these were lies.
Erin Patterson’s account of the deadly beef wellington lunch has been revealed to the jury today as footage of the accused murderer’s police interview was played in court.
Accused murderer Erin Patterson told a health official she had “explosive” diarrhoea after the beef wellington meal she prepared for her lunch guests and that she had never made it before but “wanted to do something fancy”, a jury has heard.
Messages between Erin Patterson and a health department officer detail how the accused triple-murderer says the deadly meal was prepared, insisting she only made one batch of mushroom paste.
Two years ago, four relatives were on the brink of death in hospital after consuming a beef wellington lunch allegedly laced with toxic mushrooms. Now, their doctor reveals how he fought to save them — and how one survived.
The intensive care specialist who treated Don, Gail, Heather and Ian has told the jury about the lengths doctors went to try and save their lives after the lethal lunch. LIVE UPDATES
Facebook messages sent from an account linked to Erin Patterson described her estranged husband as a “deadbeat” dad and called his parents “a lost cause” seven months before the lethal lunch, a jury has heard.
A digital forensics officer who analysed a device seized from Erin Patterson’s home is giving evidence about a tranche of messages relating to the deceased lunch guests.
A computer seized from Erin Patterson’s house was used to visit a web page of a death cap mushroom sighting in Melbourne’s southeast, a jury has heard.
A device seized from the home of accused mushroom cook killer was used to visit the iNaturalist website, which the jury heard earlier was used to record sightings of various fungi species, including death caps.
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