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Perth Now
2 days ago
- Perth Now
Mushroom cook's phone act aired in court
Alleged triple-killer Erin Patterson rotated through mobile phones at a 'frequent' pace, moving her SIM nine times over four years, her trial has been told. On Monday jurors in the trial, now in it's sixth week, continued to hear from Detective leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall. Under cross examination from defence barrister Colin Mandy SC, Constable Eppingstall was taken through a 'flow chart' that tracked Ms Patterson's phones from 2019 to 2023. Detective Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall returned to the witness box for his fifth day of giving evidence. NewsWire/ David Crosling Credit: News Corp Australia The record indicates she changed between seven different phones, from LG, Nokia, Samsung and Oppo, nine times until August 2023. The detective agreed the chart indicated the 'reasonably frequent setting up' of phones. Previously the jury was told prosecutors allege a Samsung A23, dubbed Phone B in the trial, was factory reset three times before it was handed over to police on August 5 and once remotely the following day. Mr Mandy took Constable Eppingstall to a section of the flow chart, that showed a factory reset on February 12 was followed by Ms Patterson's son's SIM card being placed into the phone. The barrister asked if this was 'consistent' with the son taking over the use of that phone. 'Yes, sir,' the officer responded. Next Mr Mandy took Constable Eppingstall to phone records from a second Samsung A23 dubbed 'Phone A' in the trial. Prosecutors allege this was Ms Patterson's phone used in the period preceding and immediately after the lunch. Last week, Constable Eppingstall told the jury the phone had never been located by police. Mr Mandy confirmed the Telstra records indicate the SIM card 'lost connection' with the network sometime between 12.01pm and 1.45pm on August 5. It next connected in a different handset, receiving a text message at 1.44am on August 6, he said. Constable Eppingstall agreed, saying 'that's my understanding' of the records. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty. Brooke Grebert-Craig. Credit: Supplied Constable Eppingstall, the jury was told last week, was the final witness prosecutors planned to call in their case against Ms Patterson. The 50-year-old is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering three of her husband's relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth. Prosecutors allege a beef Wellington lunch she served on July 29, 2023, was deliberately poisoned with death cap mushrooms, while her defence argues the case is a tragic accident. Her husband Simon Patterson's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson died from organ failure in after falling ill following the meal Ms Patterson hosted at her Leongatha home in Victoria's southeast. Ms Wilkinson's husband, long-serving Korumburra Baptist Church pastor Ian Wilkinson, fell ill following the lunch but recovered after spending about a month and a half in hospital. The trial continues.
West Australian
2 days ago
- West Australian
Erin Patterson trial: Alleged mushroom poisoner changed phones frequently
Alleged triple-killer Erin Patterson rotated through mobile phones at a 'frequent' pace, moving her SIM nine times over four years, her trial has been told. On Monday jurors in the trial, now in it's sixth week, continued to hear from Detective leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall. Under cross examination from defence barrister Colin Mandy SC, Constable Eppingstall was taken through a 'flow chart' that tracked Ms Patterson's phones from 2019 to 2023. The record indicates she changed between seven different phones, from LG, Nokia, Samsung and Oppo, nine times until August 2023. The detective agreed the chart indicated the 'reasonably frequent setting up' of phones. Previously the jury was told prosecutors allege a Samsung A23, dubbed Phone B in the trial, was factory reset three times before it was handed over to police on August 5 and once remotely the following day. Mr Mandy took Constable Eppingstall to a section of the flow chart, that showed a factory reset on February 12 was followed by Ms Patterson's son's SIM card being placed into the phone. The barrister asked if this was 'consistent' with the son taking over the use of that phone. 'Yes, sir,' the officer responded. Next Mr Mandy took Constable Eppingstall to phone records from a second Samsung A23 dubbed 'Phone A' in the trial. Prosecutors allege this was Ms Patterson's phone used in the period preceding and immediately after the lunch. Last week, Constable Eppingstall told the jury the phone had never been located by police. Mr Mandy confirmed the Telstra records indicate the SIM card 'lost connection' with the network sometime between 12.01pm and 1.45pm on August 5. It next connected in a different handset, receiving a text message at 1.44am on August 6, he said. Constable Eppingstall agreed, saying 'that's my understanding' of the records. Constable Eppingstall, the jury was told last week, was the final witness prosecutors planned to call in their case against Ms Patterson. The 50-year-old is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering three of her husband's relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth. Prosecutors allege a beef Wellington lunch she served on July 29, 2023, was deliberately poisoned with death cap mushrooms, while her defence argues the case is a tragic accident. Her husband Simon Patterson's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson died from organ failure in after falling ill following the meal Ms Patterson hosted at her Leongatha home in Victoria's southeast. Ms Wilkinson's husband, long-serving Korumburra Baptist Church pastor Ian Wilkinson, fell ill following the lunch but recovered after spending about a month and a half in hospital. The trial continues.
ABC News
6 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Defence casts doubts over police investigation into Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom lunch
Defence lawyers for accused killer Erin Patterson have cast doubt over the police investigation into the deadly mushroom lunch. Ms Patterson, 50, has been charged with murder and attempted murder after three relatives died and one fell seriously ill after eating a beef Wellington containing poisonous death cap mushrooms in July 2023. The trial of Erin Patterson, who stands accused of using a poisoned meal to murder three relatives, continues. Follow the updates in our live blog. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty and argues what happened was a tragic accident. On Thursday, Detective Leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall returned to the stand to continue his cross-examination by defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC. During his cross-examination, Mr Mandy suggested to the detective that police may not have seized several electronic devices from Ms Patterson's home during a search they conducted in August 2023. The jury were shown several photographs taken during the August 5 police search of Ms Patterson's home, one of which showed a black object sitting on a windowsill. Mr Mandy suggested to Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall that the black object was a Nokia phone that Ms Patterson told police she owned as a spare in case hers broke, which has never been recovered. "I don't think that's consistent with a phone," Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall responded. Another photograph showed a plastic storage basket with an object in it which LSC Eppingstall agreed looked to be a phone box. A third photo of the same room showed white shelving with a desk in the middle of the room and items in small plastic baskets. On the shelves were black objects, which Mr Mandy suggested were laptops. "If those are laptops, this is the first time I'm learning of these items," Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall said. Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall told the court Ms Patterson was allowed to retain her phone during the police search to make arrangements for her children and to make a phone call to a lawyer, which she did in private. The defence also cast doubt over CCTV footage from a Subway restaurant that was previously shown to the jury. Earlier, the prosecution argued the vision showed Ms Patterson dropping her son off to buy a meal before returning to pick him up. Mr Mandy said it was not Ms Patterson in the footage and put to Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall that police only came to that conclusion because the vehicle was consistent with the accused's car and a teenager had gotten out of the car — a statement he agreed with. The jury was then shown a still from inside the Subway of a teenager that Mr Mandy suggested was not Ms Patterson's son, but Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall disagreed. "I believe that to be [Ms Patterson's son] but that's a matter for the jury," he said. Earlier, Mr Mandy took the jury back to Ms Patterson's bank statements obtained by police during their investigation. The statements were from July 1 to August 4, 2023. "I can't explain why we didn't go back further," Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall said when asked about the records by Mr Mandy. A few transactions were highlighted to the jury that suggest some flaws in both of Erin's children's recollection of events during their interview with police. In that interview, her son had said they only made one stop during a trip to Tyabb the day after the deadly lunch, but transactions highlighted by the defence show there was a second stop at a BP station. When asked about phone towers, Leading Senior Constable Eppingstall said he was "not interested" in exploring "line of sight" at that stage of the investigation, despite one of the experts in the investigation suggested it. "Line of site doesn't guarantee connection," he told the court. "We weren't sure if that had been tested or not in court and we didn't think it was necessary on this occasion to try and assess that." The trial continues.
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Perth Now
Erin Patterson's Woolies receipt in the lead-up to mushroom lunch revealed in court
The court has been shown Patterson's phone records from 30 July and 31 July 2023. The records indicate that Simon called Patterson twice on 30 July, 2023, and the pair spoke for around six minutes on both occasions. Patterson also spoke to her son's flying instructor twice on that same day. The following day, Patterson had three phone conversations with Simon, each lasting several minutes. He called her on two of the occasions and she called him once. That same day, 31 July 2023, she also received a phone call from her son and Leongatha Hospital, the latter of which Eppingstall said appeared to be a voicemail call. The court has been shown phone data records which indicate Patterson's sim card was taken out of the phone while police officers were at her house. The court heard yesterday that police conducted a search of Patterson's Leongatha home on 5 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court yesterday Patterson was given several minutes to use her phone privately in a room, while officers waited outside, before she had to hand it over. In court on Wednesday, Eppingstall told the court enquiries revealed Patterson's sim card ending in 783 was connected to the Samsung a23 in February 2023. The sim ending in 783 was her primary number and the Samsung was bought in December 2022, the court has previously heard. The court was shown phone data records from the 5 August 2023, which indicated her sim card ending in 783 was changed from the Samsung into a Nokia smart phone at 1.45pm - the same time police were at her house. The court was then shown call data records from 5 August 2023 to 10 August 2023 which indicated the phone number ending in 783 engaged in 'activity consistent with someone using their phone', such as making calls and sending messages. The court has been shown messages Patterson sent in a Facebook group chat in December 2022, indicating she had purchased a new phone while holidaying in New Zealand. From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 My phone screen is broken and it wouldn't respond to any commands or anything. Everything is on my phone, all my passwords are in my password vault and I was trying to log into it on my laptop and it was sending an authorisation email to my emails which I couldn't access because I didn't have my password which was inside my password vault From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 Anyway I've been googling everything and trying to get into my phone and emails and just couldn't but then someone suggested I could do a hard reboot of my phone and restart it in safe mode and it might fix the frozen screen issue and it worked.. For now. But the screen is broken and might freeze again at any second so now that I am in I am copying everything I need from it lol From: Jenny Hay 17 December 2022 Oh, how stressful Erin. Maybe you can get the screen fixed in NZ? From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I had to buy a new phone today because I couldn't get the new one fixed. Idk why but setting up a new phone is extremely stressful for me From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I got a Samsung Galaxy a23. The cheapest I could get while not being an absolute piece of s*** phone. Eppingstall told the court the phone Patterson handed over to him on 5 August 2023 was a Samsung Galaxy a23. 'The 835 phone number is the phone number Patterson gave me during the interview,' he said. 'We did phone checks and came to realise it (that sim card) had only been connected on 11 July and it had been used in a tablet device up until August 2023 until it was put into the handset device. The court was then shown data records which indicate the Samsung Galaxy a23's unique handset number was connected to a new sim card on 3 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court he conducted further inquiries and discovered there was a second phone number, ending in 783, which was registered to Patterson. The court has been shown phone data records from various dates in early 2022, which showed Patterson's phone connecting to the Poowong Central base station. The court was then subsequently shown message exchanges on Patterson's phone, which suggested she was in Poowong, where her children played basketball. 10/3/2022 Signal messages Sender: Simon To: Erin Erin Erin 5:12pm Hey I think (our son) has bball tonight. Are you geared up for it? Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:15pm Yeah although idk if i have bball shorts for him. I'll check Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:17pm Yeah we have shorts and his game is 7.40 The court was then shown cell records that indicated Patterson's phone connected to Poowong Central at 7:42pm. The court was then shown several more message exchanges Patterson and Simon had about their children's sporting engagements in the following months, along with similar corresponding call data records. The court has been shown message exchanges between Patterson and her parents-in-law in the days leading up to the lunch. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 28 June 2023 Hi Erin, just wondering how you got on at your appointment today? Love Gail and Don Sender: Erin Paterson To: Gail Patterson 29 June 2023 Hi Gail, sorry I had taken (my daughter) to see a movie last night. We saw The Little Mermaid. The appointment went ok. Thanks for asking. I had a needle biopsy taken off the lump and I'm returning for an MRI next week and we'll know more after the results of those two things. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 29 June 2023 That is a test of patience isn't it. Praying you will know God's peace. We are just ready to relax after an enjoyable time with Ethan and Alis. Nice to have the fire warming us in this cold weather. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 6 July 2023 Hi Erin, how did you get on yesterday with your medical tests? Love Don and Gail Sender: Erin Patterson To: Gail Patterson 7 July 2023 Thanks for your message Don and Gail. There is a bit to digest with everything that's come out of it all. I might talk to you more about it in person when I see you in person. Love Erin Eppingstall said there were no records of her having a biopsy or an MRI. He said medical records obtained for Patterson in the weeks leading up to the lunch revealed she had three medical appointments. In the first instance, she was referred for a chest x-ray on 26 June, which was later deemed clear. She also went to Korumburra Medical Centre twice in July - on the 3rd and 26th - both times to update a script. The court has been shown entries Gail Patterson made in her diary in the weeks leading up to the lunch. Abstract of Gail Patterson's diary: June 24 Saturday Lunch with Erin, (grandson)+ (granddaughter) 28 June 2023 Wednesday Erin - St Vincent's arm lump July 29 Saturday Lunch at Erin's w Heather + Ian Eppingstall said when he called St Vincent's Hospital, there was no record of Patterson attending on 28 June 2023. He said he also contacted the cancer registry and learnt Patterson had never been diagnosed with cancer. The court has been shown records from Patterson's account at Bendigo Banks: 30/07/2023 OutbackJacks Donuts Koo Wee $15 1/08/2023 Retail purchase BP Caldermeade7305, Caldermeade 13:10 The court heard the donut shop entry refers to a stop Patterson made with her children on their way home from her son's cancelled flying lesson, the day after the lunch. The court was then shown a receipt of the trip Patterson made to the BP: BP Caldermeade TnT multicolour blister 57g $2.10 Ham cheese tomato sandwich $6.50 EDC wrap sweet chilli chick $4.50 Asked by Justice Christopher Beale what the multicolour blister entry referred to, Eppingstall said he believed it was chewing gum. The court was previously shown CCTV footage of Patterson entering a BP at Caldermeade and going to the toilet for nine seconds. Eppingstall said he visited the stockists of the mushrooms Patterson obtained from Woolworths. He said it was determined they had not been contaminated. 'They are grown in big pods and stacked high. It is a very controlled environment,' he said. The court has been shown three shops Patterson made at Leongatha Woolworths in the lead up to the 29 July 2023 lunch. Detective Eppingstall said he obtained Woolworths Everyday Rewards statement from 23 July, 2023 - 28 July 2023 as part of the investigation. The highlighted items on the lists pertaining to the lunch were as follows: Self checkout 23 July 2023 1:54pm Mushroom sliced 500g Mushroom sliced 500g WW Puff Pastry Sheets 1kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Onion shallot french Self checkout 27 July 2023 4.30pm: Pampas pastry puff sheets 10 pack 1.6kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Mushroom sliced 375g Mushroom sliced 375g Self checkout 28 July 2023 5:13pm: Pampas pastry puff 3 sheet Art of pastry Potato mash Beans round Beef eye fillet steak Art of pastry frozen filo pastry Other items on Patterson's grocery list included Cadbury chocolates, Bulla ice creams, vegetables, and meats. The court has heard Patterson's daughter during her recorded interview with police told the detective she had never been to an Asian grocer with her mother. During preparations for the trial, Patterson's daughter re-watched her intial video statement. Following the viewing, she told a child witness support worker that she had been to an Asian-style grocer with her mother once for the purpose of buying ingredients for cooking, the court heard.
West Australian
7 days ago
- West Australian
Erin Patterson mushroom trial: Accused triple murderer's Woolworths receipt shown in court
A mother accused of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill a fourth at a family lunch by serving up beef wellington with poisonous death cap mushrooms is standing a Supreme Court trial at Latrobe Valley Law Court. Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to murdering her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, after the trio died days after attending a July 2023 lunch at her Leongatha home. She has also pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder Heather's Baptist pastor husband, Ian, 68, who spent months in hospital, but survived. Her trial continues. The court has been shown phone data records which indicate Patterson's sim card was taken out of the phone while police officers were at her house. The court heard yesterday that police conducted a search of Patterson's Leongatha home on 5 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court yesterday Patterson was given several minutes to use her phone privately in a room, while officers waited outside, before she had to hand it over. In court on Wednesday, Eppingstall told the court enquiries revealed Patterson's sim card ending in 783 was connected to the Samsung a23 in February 2023. The sim ending in 783 was her primary number and the Samsung was bought in December 2022, the court has previously heard. The court was shown phone data records from the 5 August 2023, which indicated her sim card ending in 783 was changed from the Samsung into a Nokia smart phone at 1.45pm - the same time police were at her house. The court was then shown call data records from 5 August 2023 to 10 August 2023 which indicated the phone number ending in 783 engaged in 'activity consistent with someone using their phone', such as making calls and sending messages. Eppingstall said efforts to find the Nokia have been fruitless. 'It has never been located by police,' he said. The court has been shown messages Patterson sent in a Facebook group chat in December 2022, indicating she had purchased a new phone while holidaying in New Zealand. From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 My phone screen is broken and it wouldn't respond to any commands or anything. Everything is on my phone, all my passwords are in my password vault and I was trying to log into it on my laptop and it was sending an authorisation email to my emails which I couldn't access because I didn't have my password which was inside my password vault From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 Anyway I've been googling everything and trying to get into my phone and emails and just couldn't but then someone suggested I could do a hard reboot of my phone and restart it in safe mode and it might fix the frozen screen issue and it worked.. For now. But the screen is broken and might freeze again at any second so now that I am in I am copying everything I need from it lol From: Jenny Hay 17 December 2022 Oh, how stressful Erin. Maybe you can get the screen fixed in NZ? From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I had to buy a new phone today because I couldn't get the new one fixed. Idk why but setting up a new phone is extremely stressful for me From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I got a Samsung Galaxy a23. The cheapest I could get while not being an absolute piece of s*** phone. Eppingstall told the court the phone Patterson handed over to him on 5 August 2023 was a Samsung Galaxy a23. 'The 835 phone number is the phone number Patterson gave me during the interview,' he said. 'We did phone checks and came to realise it (that sim card) had only been connected on 11 July and it had been used in a tablet device up until August 2023 until it was put into the handset device. The court was then shown data records which indicate the Samsung Galaxy a23's unique handset number was connected to a new sim card on 3 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court he conducted further inquiries and discovered there was a second phone number, ending in 783, which was registered to Patterson. The court has been shown phone data records from various dates in early 2022, which showed Patterson's phone connecting to the Poowong Central base station. The court was then subsequently shown message exchanges on Patterson's phone, which suggested she was in Poowong, where her children played basketball. 10/3/2022 Signal messages Sender: Simon To: Erin Erin Erin 5:12pm Hey I think (our son) has bball tonight. Are you geared up for it? Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:15pm Yeah although idk if i have bball shorts for him. I'll check Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:17pm Yeah we have shorts and his game is 7.40 The court was then shown cell records that indicated Patterson's phone connected to Poowong Central at 7:42pm. The court was then shown several more message exchanges Patterson and Simon had about their children's sporting engagements in the following months, along with similar corresponding call data records. The court has been shown message exchanges between Patterson and her parents-in-law in the days leading up to the lunch. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 28 June 2023 Hi Erin, just wondering how you got on at your appointment today? Love Gail and Don Sender: Erin Paterson To: Gail Patterson 29 June 2023 Hi Gail, sorry I had taken (my daughter) to see a movie last night. We saw The Little Mermaid. The appointment went ok. Thanks for asking. I had a needle biopsy taken off the lump and I'm returning for an MRI next week and we'll know more after the results of those two things. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 29 June 2023 That is a test of patience isn't it. Praying you will know God's peace. We are just ready to relax after an enjoyable time with Ethan and Alis. Nice to have the fire warming us in this cold weather. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 6 July 2023 Hi Erin, how did you get on yesterday with your medical tests? Love Don and Gail Sender: Erin Patterson To: Gail Patterson 7 July 2023 Thanks for your message Don and Gail. There is a bit to digest with everything that's come out of it all. I might talk to you more about it in person when I see you in person. Love Erin Eppingstall said there were no records of her having a biopsy or an MRI. He said medical records obtained for Patterson in the weeks leading up to the lunch revealed she had three medical appointments. In the first instance, she was referred for a chest x-ray on 26 June, which was later deemed clear. She also went to Korumburra Medical Centre twice in July - on the 3rd and 26th - both times to update a script. The court has been shown entries Gail Patterson made in her diary in the weeks leading up to the lunch. Abstract of Gail Patterson's diary: June 24 Saturday Lunch with Erin, (grandson)+ (granddaughter) 28 June 2023 Wednesday Erin - St Vincent's arm lump July 29 Saturday Lunch at Erin's w Heather + Ian Eppingstall said when he called St Vincent's Hospital, there was no record of Patterson attending on 28 June 2023. He said he also contacted the cancer registry and learnt Patterson had never been diagnosed with cancer. The court has been shown records from Patterson's account at Bendigo Banks: 30/07/2023 OutbackJacks Donuts Koo Wee $15 1/08/2023 Retail purchase BP Caldermeade7305, Caldermeade 13:10 The court heard the donut shop entry refers to a stop Patterson made with her children on their way home from her son's cancelled flying lesson, the day after the lunch. The court was then shown a receipt of the trip Patterson made to the BP: BP Caldermeade TnT multicolour blister 57g $2.10 Ham cheese tomato sandwich $6.50 EDC wrap sweet chilli chick $4.50 Asked by Justice Christopher Beale what the multicolour blister entry referred to, Eppingstall said he believed it was chewing gum. The court was previously shown CCTV footage of Patterson entering a BP at Caldermeade and going to the toilet for nine seconds. Eppingstall said he visited the stockists of the mushrooms Patterson obtained from Woolworths. He said it was determined they had not been contaminated. 'They are grown in big pods and stacked high. It is a very controlled environment,' he said. The court has been shown three shops Patterson made at Leongatha Woolworths in the lead up to the 29 July 2023 lunch. Detective Eppingstall said he obtained Woolworths Everyday Rewards statement from 23 July, 2023 - 28 July 2023 as part of the investigation. The highlighted items on the lists pertaining to the lunch were as follows: Self checkout 23 July 2023 1:54pm Mushroom sliced 500g Mushroom sliced 500g WW Puff Pastry Sheets 1kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Onion shallot french Self checkout 27 July 2023 4.30pm: Pampas pastry puff sheets 10 pack 1.6kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Mushroom sliced 375g Mushroom sliced 375g Self checkout 28 July 2023 5:13pm: Pampas pastry puff 3 sheet Art of pastry Potato mash Beans round Beef eye fillet steak Art of pastry frozen filo pastry Other items on Patterson's grocery list included Cadbury chocolates, Bulla ice creams, vegetables, and meats. The court has heard Patterson's daughter during her recorded interview with police told the detective she had never been to an Asian grocer with her mother. During preparations for the trial, Patterson's daughter re-watched her intial video statement. Following the viewing, she told a child witness support worker that she had been to an Asian-style grocer with her mother once for the purpose of buying ingredients for cooking, the court heard. Homicide Squad detective leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall has returned to the stand.
