Erin Patterson mushroom homicide trial LIVE updates: Jury hears claims Erin Patterson’s estranged husband was once ‘controlling and emotionally abusive’

Child coverage practitioner Katrina Cripps instructed the jury she gained a file about Patterson’s kids on July 31 – two days after the lunch.

Ms Cripps mentioned she visited the kids and Patterson’s estranged husband Simon on the Monash Children’s Hospital on August 2.

The jury heard Ms Cripps mentioned she spoke to Patterson at 2.55pm – which was once the primary time she had ever talked to the girl.

She mentioned Patterson instructed her she had the kids all through the week and Simon had them on weekends.

Patterson instructed Ms Cripps the kids mentioned no longer short of to stick at their dad’s on weekends anymore as a result of he was once ‘snoozing so much’.

Patterson mentioned Simon had change into ‘imply and nasty’ after the problem of kid make stronger was once raised, the jury heard.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson instructed her Simon were ‘controlling and emotionally abusive’, which led to her to doubt her skill as a mom and dented her vanity.

Patterson additionally instructed Ms Cripps she had given part her inheritance to Simon (pictured beneath).

The jury heard Patterson spoke a couple of earlier lunch and mentioned who she invited to it.

The jury heard Patterson, who’s dressed in a striped military white most sensible, instructed Ms Cripps she approached Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson on the Korumburra Baptist Church the week ahead of the notorious July 29 meal.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson mentioned she discovered the recipe for her meal in a cookbook and she or he ‘sought after to do one thing new and particular’ for lunch and acquired chopped mushrooms from an area Woolworths and dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer.

Patterson mentioned she used the dried mushrooms as a result of she heard it could ‘upload flavour’ to the meat Wellingtons.

Defence attorney Sophie Stafford pressed Ms Cripps on how a lot she remembered about her dialog on the clinic and her assembly at Patterson’s Leongatha house.

Ms Cripps admitted she gave her commentary to police on January 5 closing 12 months, which was once about 5 months after the conversations happened, the jury was once instructed.

The court docket heard Patterson mentioned she was once mindful members of the family have been ill, however was once no longer mindful how unwell they have been.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson discussed she scraped the mushrooms away for her child’s foods.

Ms Stafford steered Patterson instructed Ms Cripps that she mentioned the youngsters did not like mushrooms, however she did not say they did not like pastry.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson instructed her ‘unfastened bowel actions’ commenced on Saturday.

The jury heard Patterson mentioned Simon known as her on Sunday and requested why she wasn’t at church, and she or he mentioned she was once in poor health and Simon mentioned others have been in poor health, however he did not ‘identify names’.

Ms Cripps agreed she wasn’t fully positive what Patterson mentioned she ate of her meal portion.

The jury heard Ms Cripps believed Patterson ‘can have eaten section’ of her red meat Wellington.

Previously, Ms Cripps, when requested by way of Crown prosecutor Sarah Lenthall how a lot Erin ate of her red meat wellington, she spoke back: ‘Half.’

‘I do not consider she ate all of it,’ Ms Cripps added.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson instructed her the lunch visitors selected their plates and she or he took the closing one.

Patterson additionally indicated she put two plates apart for her kids.

The jury heard after this preliminary dialog Patterson’s kids have been discharged from the clinic.

During a telephone name on August 4, Ms Cripps requested Patterson if she heard any updates on how folks have been.

Patterson replied she ‘hadn’t been instructed anything else’ and she or he was once ‘discovering it distressing’.

Ms Cripps referred to her notes and instructed the jury she was once mindful Heather was once lifeless however didn’t inform Patterson because of ‘welfare considerations’.

‘It wasn’t my position to (tell Patterson),’ Ms Cripps mentioned.

The jury additionally heard Patterson ‘expressed considerations’ about ‘safety and privateness’ and deliberate to switch her telephone quantity.

Lone lunch survivor pastor Ian Wilkinson (pictured beneath center with supporters) has returned to court docket and is sitting in earshot of Patterson.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson instructed her she’d spoken to Simon at the telephone on the clinic.

Simon mentioned he picked the youngsters up from faculty and took them to Monash Medical Centre.

Ms Cripps requested Patterson if Simon gave her any longer data and was once instructed ‘the adults on the lunch have been very in poor health’.

The jury heard Ms Cripps met Patterson at her house whilst her children have been in school.

She mentioned Patterson ‘confirmed her round’.

Ms Cripps instructed Patterson she had to name a Sally-Anne Atkinson who was once investigating the ‘public well being factor’.

Patterson made the decision and put it on speaker, the jury heard.

Ms Cripps may pay attention the dialog and mentioned Ms Atkinson sought after to speak to Patterson about the place she were given the dried mushrooms.

During that dialog, Patterson once more claimed she may no longer recall the place she purchased the mushrooms from.

The jury heard Patterson mentioned she may no longer in finding them on her on-line banking both – if the acquisition was once small it was once more likely to be money.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson described dried mushroom packaging as a non-resealable plastic bag with a white label.

Patterson mentioned she had opened the package deal in April however made up our minds to not use them.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson was once going to make use of the mushrooms in a ‘carbonara’, however made up our minds no longer too as a result of that they had a ‘sturdy odor’.

Ms Cripps mentioned she saved the mushrooms in Tupperware ahead of she rehydrated them, chopped them up and added them to the meat Wellington.

Patterson mentioned she used the mushrooms within the Wellingtons as a result of they ‘would not be the main flavour’.

Ms Cripps mentioned Patterson was once requested if she picked the mushrooms, however gave no reaction and simply stared at her telephone.

Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten (pictured beneath) the day before today instructed the jury he reviewed all of Patterson’s scientific information from a number of amenities and located no proof she had most cancers.

The jury additionally heard proof from different key witnesses together with the end supervisor who discovered the discarded dehydrator and passed it to police.

The court docket additionally heard a couple of girl who died in May closing 12 months after cooking loss of life cap mushrooms in a meal and consuming the fatal fungi in a separate and unrelated incident.

A mushroom professional additionally instructed the jury how leftovers from the lunch have been despatched to the Royal Botanical Gardens for trying out, however they nearly were given overpassed because the physician had left paintings for the day.

She did arrange to come up with the leftovers which she examined at her own residence.

The trial continues nowadays.

Accused mushroom assassin Erin Patterson, 50, closing week witnessed each her kids’s recorded video proof.

Patterson, who’s accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, after serving them a perilous meal weighted down with loss of life cap mushrooms, changed into emotional after seeing video proof from her son and daughter.

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 in depth care unit.

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

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

Patterson instructed government she purchased dried mushrooms from an unnamed Asian retailer within the Monash space of Melbourne, however well being inspectors may in finding no proof of this.

The well being division declared the loss of life 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 team of workers have instructed the jury of the scary signs the demise lunch visitors and Ian Wilkinson suffered.

Patterson’s actions at clinic and her abrupt departure have additionally been aired in court docket because the trial continues this morning.