Australia mushroom trial live: cross-examination of Erin Patterson continues on day 30 of triple murder trial

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross-examinationRogers turns to answers Patterson gave to medical staff about the source of the mushrooms contained in the beef wellington.Rogers says Patterson did not mention an Asian grocer when she first spoke to Dr Chris Webster at Leongatha hospital on 31 July 2023 – two days after the lunch. Rogers says Patterson later mentioned the Asian grocer because she had time to come up with her story.You never mentioned to the lunch guests that the beef wellington contained dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer.We never discussed any of the ingredients. Continue reading...

Australia mushroom trial live: cross-examination of Erin Patterson continues on day 30 of triple murder trial

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live

Rogers turns to answers Patterson gave to medical staff about the source of the mushrooms contained in the beef wellington.

Rogers says Patterson did not mention an Asian grocer when she first spoke to Dr Chris Webster at Leongatha hospital on 31 July 2023 – two days after the lunch. Rogers says Patterson later mentioned the Asian grocer because she had time to come up with her story.

You never mentioned to the lunch guests that the beef wellington contained dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer.

We never discussed any of the ingredients. Continue reading...