Jury In the Trial of the High-profile trial of the Australian woman accused of cooking a deadly lunch of mushrooms for relatives to decide to their destiny.
Erin Patterson, 50, said he was not guilty of four allegations – three murders and one of the attempts to kill Wellington in her regional Victorial House in July 2023. years.
The prosecution claimed that Ms. Patterson consciously putting the toxic mushroom death into a cooked meal, before lied to police and disposal evidence.
But the Defense claims that Mrs. Patterson accidentally turned on toxic fungi into eating and lied just because they were panylated after the injury of the people he loved.
In the laws of Ms Patterson, Don and Gail Patterson, and 70, together with Gayl’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, they all fell ill and died days after lunch in Leongathi.
Heatherw husband, local Pastor Ian Wilkinson, recovered after weeks in an induccess. Simon Patterson, the accused alienated husband, was also invited to lunch, but pulled out the day before.
On Monday, Justice Christopher Beale gave her last instructions from the 14-member jury, Daminating the Prosecution’s evidence and the only witness, Miss Patterson.
After almost two months and more than 50 witnesses, the last 12 jurors was decided by voting voting before the group retired.
In the final arguments, the Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC said that Mrs. Patterson “said so much lies, it is difficult to follow them.”
The prosecution was allegedly Mrs. Patterson lied about the diagnosis of cancer to convince them to attend fatal lunch, poisoned them and then lied to the disease to cover their tracks.
Ms. Patterson is further lying to the police and medical staff about nutritating wild mushrooms, as well as its decision to dehydrate food dehydrate for meals, were evidence of its guilt.
“She told lies lies because she knew the truth would imply her,” said Nanette Rogers.
“When she knew the lies was discovered, she came a carefully constructed narrative to fit with evidence – almost.”
There was no “specific motiva” for alleged crime, said Dr. Rogers Court, but the jury would still have “without difficulty” in the rejection of the argument “This was a terrible feeding accident.”
However, the defense argued that the lack of motives is key. Ms. Patterson had no reason to kill his guests, they said.
During the evidence of Ms Patterson, the jury said that it was very close to her laws and never intended to harm them.
While preparing lunch, Ms. Patterson claimed that she added mushrooms from containers in her state that she now realized that she was now involved and mushrooms with purchased stores and drawn.
She also told the Court that she fought Bulimi for years after the Beef Wellington – something her defense team says she explains why she didn’t get as sick as the others they had eaten.
The lie about the can was uncomfortable because of the plans to operate Ms., not told the truth about her mushrooms by feeding hobbies, because she was afraid she could blame her that his cousin was sick.
“It is not at the trial of lying,” COLIN MADY SC defense attorney, this is not the court of moral judgments. “
He accused that the Prosecution was trying to force “parts of the puzzle” evidence together “,” outstretched interpretations, ignoring alternative explanations, because they do not match perfectly with narrative. “
In the last instructions, Justice Beale told the members of the jury to “Judges Facts in this case” themselves.
He said they should not condemn Mrs. Patterson simply due to lying, because there are “all kinds of reasons why a person can act in a way that a person looks wrong.”
He added that “any reasonable person felt great sympathy” for Patterson and Wilkinson families, the jurors must also not allow them to hinder emotions.
The jury is now commaed, which means that they will intend to stay in supervision in the accommodation in which they will have little to have no contact with the external world until they make a decision.
