Erin Patterson mushroom homicide trial LIVE updates: Digital forensics professional tells courtroom what was once discovered on laptop seized from Patterson’s house

Victoria Police Cybercrime Squad senior virtual forensics officer Shamen Fox-Henry the day gone by informed the jury he and different cyber mavens had been tasked with analysing a tool connected to Patterson’s homicide trial.

He showed the tool was once a pc despatched for research after it was once seized from Patterson’s house on August 5, 2023.

The officer showed the tool was once a Cooler Master non-public laptop with the PaLM quantity 202308-C-0124-001.

Mr Fox-Henry (pictured beneath) mentioned he discovered 3 garage units connected to the pc he commenced his extraction of knowledge on August 15.

Mr Fox-Henry mentioned investigators had supplied ‘some’ of the quest phrases prior to he commenced his research.

He mentioned he compiled his document for investigators on March 16, 2024.

Mr Fox-Henry informed the jury he discovered a Google Chrome historical past which published a seek for www.inaturalist.org/observations and ‘some numbers’ simply after 7.23pm on May 28, 2022.

The courtroom heard the URL web page was once titled: ‘Death cap mushroom from Melbourne Vic Australia’ and integrated knowledge the sighting was once made via an Inaturalist person at Bricker Reserve, Moorabbin at 2.36pm on May 18.

The jury prior to now heard iNaturalist is an app that was once utilized by mavens to spot and add the positioning of dying caps at Outtrim and Loch.

The officer mentioned an iNaturalist seek additionally befell on Bing at 7.20pm on May 28, 2022, which he mentioned was once the time the ‘URL was once generated on that tool’.

Mr Fox-Henry mentioned he additionally discovered any other seek time period for iNaturalist by means of Bing at the Edge browser at 7.21pm on May 28, 2022.

The web seek for dying caps was once found out at 7.23pm lower than two mins after the ultimate seek was once found out for iNaturalist, the jury heard.

Monash Council Environmental Health Officer Troy Schonknecht informed the jury he was once tasked to trace down all mushrooms bought at Asian grocers in 3 suburbs in his council house.

‘They best informed us it was once Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley the place it was once alleged an individual would possibly’ve bought the ones mushrooms from an Asian grocer in the ones suburbs,’ Mr Schonknecht mentioned.

‘They had been soliciting for us to make use of our database to ascertain the Asian grocers to ascertain the Asian grocers which are in the ones suburbs and attend and (examine all mushrooms contemporary and dry).

‘(We had been informed to) Investigate provide and take images and feature a detailed have a look at mushrooms (now not in manufacture packaging).’

Mr Schonknecht mentioned he was once now not informed why he was once requested to probe free unpackaged mushrooms, however was once knowledgeable the acquisition was once most probably made in April 2023.

‘I used my wisdom of the realm to nail down that have been Asian grocers or identical,’ Mr Schonknecht mentioned.

He informed the jury he visited each and every retailer in my opinion.

The jury was once then proven a document ready via Mr Schonknecht titled, ‘Mushroom Investigation Monash Council’.

Ms Cespon prior to now informed the jury Patterson was once requested to convey her youngsters in, however she ‘became emotional’ and was ‘crying’.

The jury heard Patterson said she didn’t need her youngsters ‘stressed out or panicked’ via ‘pulling them out of faculty’.

Ms Cespon mentioned Patterson requested ‘was it really necessary for them to be assessed because they didn’t have any signs?’

Justice Christopher Beale then requested Ms Cespon if Dr Chris Webster (pictured) got here and spoke to her about her youngsters.

Ms Cespon mentioned each she and Dr Webster had been there when Patterson was once requested concerning the youngsters

Patterson mentioned the youngsters simply ate the beef and he or she scraped the mushrooms and ‘crust’ off from the lunch, the jury heard.

Dr Webster informed her ‘you don’t wish to wait and feature the indications worsen’, the jury heard.

Ms Cespon mentioned Patterson in short left the medical institution once more about 10am, however returned in a while later after telling workforce she had to get one thing from the auto.

The jury heard Ms Cespon informed Patterson to tell her each and every time she went to the bathroom so the nurse ‘may take a look’.

Ms Cespon mentioned she inspected her bowel actions and mentioned all of them appeared the similar and there was once no blood detected.

Patterson mentioned she had to move to the bathroom and was once requested to get a pattern, the jury heard.

The nurse informed the courtroom Patterson was once given a ‘witches hat’ pan to catch her bowel actions.

The courtroom heard 4 ‘outputs’ had been recorded on a ‘bowel chart’ which was once displayed to the jury.

Patterson informed the nurse she had a bowel motion which gave the look of a ‘wee’.

Ms Cespon mentioned Patterson’s ache stage was once a ‘7 out of 10’.

Patterson informed Ms Cespon she had ‘diarhhoea all day’ on July 30, 2023, nevertheless it ‘settled within the night time’, the courtroom heard.

The jury has prior to now considered CCTV which depicted Patterson buying meals pieces from a BP provider station whilst dressed in white pants early on July 30.

Gippsland Southern Health registered nurse Mairim Cespon informed the jury how they had been involved for Patterson’s well being.

Patterson, who’s lately dressed in a paisley best, listened as Ms Cespon mentioned she had assisted Heather and Ian Wilkinson in a while after she arrived for paintings at Leongatha at 7am on July 31, 2023.

Ms Cespon mentioned she had won a handover for the Wilkinsons then overheard a telephone dialog between a senior nurse and Dr Christopher Webster.

She informed the jury Dr Webster had advised the nurses to organize the Wilkinsons for pressing switch over fears the pair had ingested dying cap mushrooms.

‘I sorted Heather whilst she was once in pressing care and any other nurse sorted Ian,’ Ms Cespon mentioned.

‘I wasn’t conscious (Patterson) had entered. She was once simply sitting around the nursing station.

‘I used to be knowledgeable she will probably be again in about 30 mins. I used to be knowledgeable simply in case she returned she had to be assessed.

‘She did not solution any telephone calls, Dr Webster was once slightly involved. He referred to as police as a result of we had been involved for her well being.’

Ms Cespon mentioned Patterson arrived later.

‘She mentioned, “I’m Erin Patterson and I want to be assessed”,’ Ms Cespon mentioned.

Ms Cespon informed the jury Patterson gave her no explanation why for why she left the medical institution.

Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, after allegedly serving them a red meat Wellington lunch with dying cap mushrooms.

Patterson may be accused of making an attempt to homicide Heather’s husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, who survived the lunch after spending a number of weeks in an extensive care unit.

The courtroom heard Patterson’s estranged husband, Simon, was once additionally invited, however did not attend.

Witnesses informed the jury Patterson ate her serving from a smaller and another way colored plate than the ones of her visitors, who ate from 4 gray plates.

Patterson informed government she purchased dried mushrooms from an unnamed Asian retailer within the Monash house of Melbourne, however well being inspectors may to find no proof of this.

The well being division declared the dying cap poisoning was once ‘remoted’ to Patterson’s fatal lunch.

Multiple witnesses, together with Simon Patterson, Ian Wilkinson and different members of the family, have given emotion-charged proof to the jury.

Medical workforce have informed the jury of the painful signs the demise lunch visitors and Ian Wilkinson suffered.

An professional witness informed the courtroom dying cap mushrooms had been detected in particles taken from a dehydrater Patterson had dumped at a neighborhood tip.

Telecommunications professional Dr Matthew Sorell (pictured) additionally informed the jury Patterson’s telephone was once detected close to spaces in Outtrim and Loch the place dying cap mushrooms were noticed.

CCTV of a brief bathroom pitstop at a Gippsland BP provider station following the day of the lunch was once additionally proven to the courtroom.

Victoria Police Cybercrime Squad senior virtual forensics officer Shamen Fox-Henry mentioned he discovered proof of a dying cap mushroom on knowledge from a pc seized from Patterson’s Leongatha house on August 5, 2023.