The trial of the Australian woman of the accused for cooking the fatal handle of mushroom begins star-news.press/wp

The Australian woman accused of cooking fatal meals of fungi acknowledges that he picked up wild Fungghi, to lie to the police and disposal of evidence, the court heard, but he would claim “Tragedy” was a “terrible accident”.

The trial of the Supreme Court Erin Patterson, 50, began on Wednesday in the small Victorian city of Morwell on Wednesday and is expected to last six weeks.

She was charged with the murder of three cousins ​​and attempting to kill another, with cessional case in the beef Wellington handle in his house in July 2023. years.

Ms. Patterson said it was not guilty and her team of defense says that “panic” after unintentionally served the poison of family members who loved.

Three people died in the hospital in days after meals, including the former Law on Ms. Patterson, Don Patterson, 70 and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail’s sister, Heail Wilkinson, 66.

The guest of a handle survived – local pastor Ian Wilkinson – after weeks of treatment in the hospital.

The fact that the lunch of beef Wellington, peeled potatoes and green beans contained mushrooms of death caps and caused diseases to guests not in claim, court encounter.

“The comprehensive question is whether she intended to kill or cause a very serious injury,” said the Justice Christopher Beale.

Opening of the trial Wednesday, Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC said that this case “originally thought that a mass event for food poisoning”.

But she claims Mrs. Patterson “deliberately poisoned” her guests “with a murderous”, after calling them to lunch “on the conversion diagnosed with cancer”.

Dr. Rogers said the jury will hear the evidence that Ms. Patterson traveled to the location, near her home in Leongathi, where the vision of death was reported to the principled website.

And in the days after lunch he took a number of steps to “conceal” what she did, allegedly the Prosecution.

It would be evidence that she lied to investigators about the source of mushrooms in the dishes – saying that some came from Asian food in Melbourne and never fed wild. And she ran out to the local landfill to postpone the prosecutors of food dehydrators say that once prepared a toxic meal.

“You may be wondering” What is the motive? “Dr. Rogers said the jury,” You may still be wondering at the end of this trial. “

The prosecution will not suggest a certain motive, she explained.

“You don’t have to be satisfied with which motive or even exists.”

What was the jury to expect to hear, said, was the testimony of a series of witnesses, including: Mr. Wilkinson, Mrs. Patterson’s wife, Simon Patterson, Medical Staff, and the police research.

However, the Defense reminded the jury in the opening of their case, which the actual evidence has not yet heard and they should have kept the open mind.

Barrister Colin Mandy says while the Prosecution will try to try the behavior of MS Patterson after lunch as “incriminating”, jurors should consider how someone can react in that situation.

“Can people say or do things that are not well designed and can make them look bad?”

“The case of the Defense is to strain her because she flooded the fact that these four people became so sick because of the food served. Three people died.”

He said Mrs. Patterson did not deliberately serve the poisoned food to his guests.

“She didn’t intend to cause some damage that day … What happened was a tragedy, a terrible accident.”

The Prosecution also detailed in detail the publication of what took place in leadership to lunch, and for the table, in the Open Court for the first time.

The trial heard that 2023. year, the accused were separated from his wife Simon Patterson for years for years.

“Simon remained inflated for a while so that he and the accused reunified one day,” said Dr. Rogers jury.

He also planned to attend the gathering, but he pulled out at the last minute because he noticed a recent “change in his relationship” with MS Patterson and felt “uncomfortable,” the prosecutor said. That was something that was “disappointed” of Mrs Patterson who “emphasized the effort she put in the handle preparation.”

The jury was said that the testimony would hear that Ms. Patterson served his guests on big gray tiles, but ate different, the tan orange dishes that one of the guests would later ask if “lack of dishes.”

They said grace, digging up and exchanged “Baster” about how much they ate, before they talked about how Mrs Patterson should share his diagnosis of cancer – which the defense recognized false.

The party for lunch broke up early afternoon, and until that night, all guests felt sick, says Dr Rogers. Within one day, four went to the hospital with heavy symptoms. Donald Patterson – who ate his part of the lunch and about half his wife – he said to the doctor that he vomited 30 times in a couple of hours.

The prosecutor said that Wilkinsonsons asked if Ms. Patterson was also in the hospital, while she ate the same meal as them.

She went to the hospital, reporting to feel sick, but repeatedly refused to be admitted, he heard the court. The doctor who treated other guests of lunch was so worried about his well-being called by the police to seek help.

Likewise, the jury was said that MS Patterson continued to refuse to seek to treat his children, who said she ate beef Wellington remains – although with mushrooms scratches.

“A lot of people could have opinions or theories, but they are not based on evidence,” the defense warned the jury at the end of the day.

“Nothing should have nothing on your decision.”