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An Australian woman accused of murder denied having measured a “deadly dose” of toxic mushrooms on the scale of her kitchen to kill three older parents from her distant husband because she was counter-examined by the accusation on Thursday.
Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of the murders of July 2023 of his mother-in-law Gail Patterson, the stepfather Donald Patterson and the sister of Gail, Heather Wilkinson, as well as the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, the husband of Heather.
The accusation accuses him of knowingly to serve the guests the fatal mushrooms of death as part of a Wellington beef at home in Leongatha, a city of around 6,000 to around 135 km (84 miles) of Melbourne.
She denies the accusations, which carry a perpetuity prison sentence, her defense calling the dead a “terrible accident”.
In return Thursday by the accusation on Thursday, Erin Patterson was invited to know if a series of photos of mushrooms placed on scales in his kitchen was proof that she had measured a “deadly dose” to serve her guests.
“I suggest you weigh these death cap fungi so that you can calculate the required weight for the administration of a deadly dose for a person. Over or disagree?” Lawyer Nanette Rogers said.
“In disagreement,” replied Patterson.
Patterson accepted under the counter-examination that she had lied to the police and to health professionals following lunch when asked if she had already been fed for mushrooms or possessed a food dehydrator, which was later found in an elimination factory of waste containing traces of death caps.
The accused previously admitted her Menti on the diagnosis of cancerBut Thursday, he denied having done it to attract his guests for lunch at home.
“I suggest that you would never have thought you will have to explain this lie about having cancer, because you thought that lunch guests would die,” said Rogers.
“It is not true,” replied Patterson.
While being examined by his own lawyer Colin Mandy, Patterson declared earlier Thursday that she did not intentionally choose mushrooms from the death cap or knowingly served them to his guests.
Nor did she pretend to be sick after lunch to avoid becoming suspect in the case, she said.
The trial drew public attention to Australia, where such cases are extremely rare.
The podcasters, journalists and manufacturers of documentaries from local and international media went down to the city of Morwell where the trial takes place, about two hours east of Melbourne.
The daily podcast of the ABC state diffuser on the procedure is currently the most popular in Australia, while many national newspapers have led live blogs on test developments.
Justice Christopher Beale, the judge presiding over the case, told the jury that the accused’s counter-examination would probably continue next week.
The accusation rested his case on Monday after a month of proof of relatives and medical, medical and fungi experts.
After the defense rest, the parties will discuss if the accusation could seek to reopen its case in the light of defense evidence, Beale told the jury.
The trial, which ends this month, continues.
