Australian women, accused of intentionally cooking fatal mushroom lunch, said she tested that she wanted beef Wellington.
Erin Patterson did not admit to kill others in another house in Victoria in July 2023.
The 50 -year -old boy was a tragic thinking and said she did not try to harm her beloved family. The prosecution, however, insisted that Patterson put the fungus in the food with a careful conspiracy to kill them.
On Friday, the court heard that Patterson was “unusual” that he hosted such an event in her house, and she was quized for her relationship with her guests.
Patterson’s son -in -law Don and Gail Patterson took a few days after lunch with Gail’s 70 -year -old sister HEATHER WILKINSON (66).
Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, was also hospitalized, but it was recovered after a few weeks of coma. The defendant’s marginalized spouse, Simon Patterson, was invited, but it was taken the day before.
At the trial that began six weeks ago, more than 50 prosecution witnesses presented evidence, but Patterson became the first of the Ministry of Defense when he entered Monday.
Patterson admitted that on the second day of cross -inspection on Friday, he acknowledged that her house was rarely invited to her house, but he arranged an opportunity to discuss health problems and thanked their relatives for their support.
Paterson said, “I wanted it to be special.
She previously believed that she needed cancer treatment, and told the jury that he was the cover of the weight loss surgery he was planning, but he was too embarrassed to reveal.
But the NANette Rogers prosecutor told her that there was no health problem to discuss and invited Simon and his relatives to kill them. She said that Patterson changed his mind and prepared an extra toxic meal, Dr. Rogers suggested.
This week, Patterson denied this charges, and she became emotional by telling the court that she loved lunch guests. Like her family.
She also repeatedly told the court that beef Wellington could accidentally include dry mushrooms for several days after lunch.
Her decision to lie to the police and health authorities and to dispose of the food dehydration on the source of the mushrooms was afraid of being criticized for the serious illness of the guests, she said.
“If you definitely loved them, would you immediately notify the medical authorities?” Dr. Rogers asked.
Patterson said that the lunch guest was already under the treatment of caps of death mushrooms, so he did not tell the doctor about the possibility that wild mushrooms would not intend.
Dr. Rogers said, “I didn’t tell a person that mushrooms were used for meals after being discharged from the hospital.”
“Instead, I got up and took the children to school and flocked home. Then I removed the dehydration.”
Patterson said, “It is correct.”
The court heard that there was a conflict between Patterson and her husband, and Dr. Rogers suggested that she was still angry with her son -in -law about taking her son’s side.
Dr. Rogers said that Paterson had two faces, saying, “Simon Patterson and his parents read a critical message loudly.
Dr. Rogers said that there is a “public face” that seems to have a good relationship with money and gale and “personal face” she showed in the message.
“The way I really felt about money and gale was the way you express it,” she said.
“And that’s how you really felt about Simon Patterson … Did you not consider him as his core, accurate or wrong human?”
Paterson replied. Her head was shaken and his voice was shaken.
Paterson’s use of the Inaturalist website, which listed the position of a deathcap mushroom near her house, was also investigated, and the accused repeatedly said that she could not remember the use of the site.
She will resume cross -inspection next week. The trial, which is expected to take six weeks, is now expected to run for at least two weeks, the judge told the court.
