Australian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder after a mushroom lunch at her house in regional Victoria in 2023. Follow live updates
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Mandy asks Atkinson about her evidence Patterson told her the dried mushrooms may have been purchased in Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley.
Atkinson agrees Patterson was not sure where she had purchased the death cap mushrooms from.
Patterson’s defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is cross-examining Atkinson.
Mandy asks about the conversation Atkinson recalled yesterday with Conor McDermott, a doctor at the Austin hospital on 31 July 2023 – two days after the lunch.
Atkinson says she rejects that McDermott said “Glen Waverley” when mentioning where some of the mushrooms may have been purchased from.
Mandy says his client did not provide Atkinson a specific date for when she purchased the mushrooms used in the beef wellington.
Atkinson says her understanding is Patterson had purchased the majority of the lunch ingredients on the Friday before the lunch.
But she agrees Patterson did not give a specific date for when she purchased the mushrooms.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/27/erin-patterson-murder-trial-mushroom-australian-woman-day-20-live-updates-ntwnfb
Author : Adeshola Ore
Publish date : 2025-05-27 01:14:00
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