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Whereas we await the jury to come back again from their lunch break, here is a reminder of the allegations on the centre of the case.
The jury is being requested to weigh up proof and determine whether or not Erin Patterson is responsible of 4 prices – three of homicide, and one among tried homicide.
The case centres round a beef wellington lunch she served at her residence in Leongatha in July 2023.
Three individuals died in hospital within the days after the lunch, together with Ms Patterson’s former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, each 70, in addition to Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66. Heather’s husband, 71-year-old Baptist pastor Ian Wilkinson, survived after weeks of remedy in hospital. Simon Patterson, the accused’s estranged husband, was additionally invited however pulled out on the final minute.
Prosecutors say Ms Patterson deliberately served up the meal containing mushrooms. She has pleaded not responsible – her defence says it accepts lethal dying cap mushrooms had been within the meals however that it was an accident and Ms Patterson “did not intend to trigger anybody any hurt”.
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