Australia mushroom trial live: cross-examination of Erin Patterson to continue on day 31 of her triple murder trial
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12T00:31:55.000Z
Title: Here's a recap of what the jury heard yesterday
Content:
1. Under cross-examination, Erin Patterson denied leading Department of Health authorities on a wild goose chase to find the Asian grocer she reported buying dried mushrooms from.
2. Patterson agreed the Enrich Clinic, where she says she was booked in for a pre-surgery appointment for gastric bypass, has never offered this procedure.
3. Patterson denied she foraged for death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a Sunbeam food dehydrator on 28 April 2023.
4. Patterson said beef wellington was the 'perfect dish' for the dried mushrooms she says she purchased from an Asian grocer months before the lunch.
5. Patterson denied she made up a history of foraging edible mushrooms from 2020.
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12T00:31:55.000Z
Title: Welcome to day 31 of Erin Patterson's triple murder trial
Content: Erin Patterson is expected to continue giving evidence for an eighth day.
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC will continue cross-examining Patterson from 10.30am.
Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha, in regional Victoria, on 29 July 2023.
She is accused of murdering her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and her estranged husband's aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The attempted murder charge relates to Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson.
She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecution alleges Patterson deliberately poisoned her lunch guests with 'murderous intent', but her lawyers say the poisoning was a tragic accident.
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