Australia mushroom murders trial: Erin Patterson’s daughter describes consuming ‘leftovers’ of deadly lunch in police video

Erin Patterson’s daughter advised police she ate leftovers of the fatal mushroom meal along with her mom and brother for dinner the day after the meal, a courtroom has heard.

A video of Patterson’s daughter’s proof was once performed on Thursday all the way through her mom’s triple homicide trial.

Patterson, 50, faces 3 fees of homicide and one price of tried homicide in terms of the lunch she served at her area in Leongatha on 29 July 2023.

She has pleaded no longer responsible to murdering or making an attempt to homicide the kin of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson.

Patterson is accused of murdering Simon’s folks, Don and Gail Patterson, his aunt Heather Wilkinson, and making an attempt to homicide Ian Wilkinson, Simon’s uncle and Heather’s husband.

Her daughter’s interview with police, referred to as video audio recorded proof, was once from 16 August 2023.

The girl can’t be named as a result of a suppression order.

In her interview, she tells police that Patterson mentioned she was once in poor health at the morning of 30 July 2023, the day after the lunch.

She mentioned she had a sore tummy and diarrhoea, the girl advised police, and that she had observed her move to the bathroom about 10 occasions.

Later that night time, Patterson served her two youngsters and herself “leftovers” from the meal, her daughter mentioned, together with steak, mashed potato, and inexperienced beans.

Asked through the officer to inform him the whole lot she may bear in mind in regards to the lunch Patterson hosted, she mentioned “I wasn’t there, so I don’t know” and began to transform emotional.

She mentioned her mom advised her “she wanted to have a lunch with my grandparents and Heather and Ian” and that they had been going to speak about “adult stuff”.

The courtroom has in the past heard allegations Patterson invited her visitors to lunch to speak about a most cancers prognosis, and the right way to inform her youngsters, however that information confirmed she had by no means been identified with most cancers.

Earlier on Thursday, a nurse advised the Victorian best courtroom that Patterson “didn’t look unwell” when put next with two of her critically unwell lunch visitors, and was once indignant, flustered and teary whilst again and again pronouncing “I don’t want any of this” relating to her health center remedy.

Cindy Munro, who was once operating at Leongatha health center on 31 July 2023, gave proof on Thursday in Patterson’s trial, which is being held within the Latrobe Valley legislation courts in Morwell.

Patterson’s defence barrister, Colin Mandy SC, advised the courtroom ultimate week that Patterson unintentionally poisoned her lunch visitors with dying cap mushrooms served in pork wellingtons.

The prosecution says Patterson intentionally poisoned them, however advised the jury it will no longer – and didn’t need to – provide a cause for the alleged murders or tried homicide.

Munro, a registered nurse, advised the courtroom that it was once her statement Patterson didn’t seem as sick because the Wilkinsons, who had been within the health center the former morning however had since been transferred to a bigger health center in Melbourne.

“She didn’t look unwell like Heather and Ian,” Munro mentioned.

“Ian looked so unwell he could barely lift his head.

“She didn’t look unwell to me.”

Munro were requested to cannulate Patterson, because it was once anticipated she would wish to obtain fluids to lend a hand along with her reported diarrhoea, but additionally to obtain N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a liver remedy usually utilized in suspected poisoning instances.

But Patterson mentioned a couple of occasions “I don’t want any of this” relating to the remedy, Munro mentioned.

Munro agreed that Patterson additionally become flustered, indignant and teary.

About noon, Munro mentioned she realized that Patterson’s youngsters had eaten leftovers of the similar meal, however with the mushrooms scraped off.

Munro mentioned she advised Patterson there was once a possibility dying cap mushroom toxin had “seeped through the meat” and that her youngsters additionally required pressing remedy.

“She didn’t want to cause any hassle, she didn’t want to take them out of school,” Munro mentioned Patterson replied.

“And that’s when she became quite teary, and quite worried, and … said ‘I don’t want the children to be involved in this’.”

The courtroom additionally heard from different clinical pros who spoke with Patterson when she introduced to health center previous that very same morning. The courtroom heard on Wednesday that she left after 5 mins, in spite of being warned in regards to the seriousness of the suspected poisoning.

A “discharge at own risk” shape signed through Patterson was once proven to the courtroom, which additionally famous that subsequent to a piece studying “capacity” she wrote: “Me.”

Kylie Ashton, the director of nursing and midwifery at Gippsland Southern Health Service, advised the courtroom she advised Patterson all the way through the fast duration she first introduced to health center that her center price was once “dangerously high”, and that this, and her blood power, may well be indicators of poisoning.

She additionally emphasized the time important nature of the NAC remedy, she mentioned.

Patterson arrived at health center about 8.05am and discharged herself at 8.10am, with the courtroom listening to that Ashton and two medical doctors spoke along with her all the way through this time about how important it was once that she stay there.

The first police witness within the case, Sen Const Adrian Martinez-Villalobis from Mirboo North police, additionally gave proof about Patterson being cooperative all the way through a dialog he had along with her at the telephone about seeking to get better leftovers of the meat wellingtons from an out of doors wheelie bin.

Martinez-Villalobis were known as through the health center to wait Patterson’s area after she discharged herself from health center.

Tanya Patterson, who’s married to Simon’s more youthful brother Matthew, additionally gave proof on Thursday.

She mentioned that whilst Simon and Patterson had a just right courting in spite of their separation in 2015, this had deteriorated within the 12 months earlier than the lunch.

This was once as a result of a dispute over kid reinforce, and since Patterson moved the kids’s faculties with out telling Simon, she mentioned.

Tanya additionally spoke about visiting Patterson in Monash health center on 1 August 2023. She were transferred there by way of ambulance at the afternoon of 31 July 2023.

“Erin asked me how everybody was, and I told her that things were going downhill quickly, but I didn’t have the latest information,” Tanya advised the courtroom.

Three of the visitors had been in a coma at that time, Tanya mentioned.

After leaving Patterson, she went to seek advice from Patterson’s youngsters, who had been in the similar health center, after which texted Patterson an replace, Tanya advised the courtroom.

“She said thanks so much, and thanks for visiting,” Tanya mentioned.

Under cross-examination from Sophie Stafford, for Patterson, Tanya agreed it was once imaginable that Patterson didn’t in fact know in regards to the situation of the lunch visitors.

“I could be wrong about anything so that’s a possibility,” Tanya mentioned.

She additionally agreed that her husband advised her quickly earlier than visiting Patterson to not “pass on information” in regards to the well being of the visitors.

Stafford advised that Tanya advised Patterson she must learn about their situation from Simon, however that Patterson then replied that she had attempted to however hadn’t been given any updates.

“It was something along those lines, yes,” Tanya mentioned.

The trial earlier than Justice Christopher Beale continues.