Key occasions
We’re ready to start out.
Our reporter Nino Bucci used to be within the courtroom room the previous day on day 3 of Erin Patterson’s homicide trial, when her estranged husband Simon Patterson began his proof.
Here’s Nino’s document filed from Morwell in Victoria’s Gippsland area:
Day 3 recap
Before as of late will get underneath means, right here’s a recap of what the jury heard the previous day:
1. Text messages proven to the courtroom on Thursday published Erin had texted Simon at the eve of the mushroom lunch, pronouncing she had spent a “small fortune” on purchasing eye fillet steak for her “special meal” of pork wellingtons. She stated she was hoping Simon would exchange his thoughts after he became down the invitation.
2. Simon recalled Erin pronouncing she had performed a “blind taste test” along with her daughter via hanging dehydrated mushrooms in desserts. He informed the courtroom Erin remarked it used to be “interesting” that their kid most popular the muffin that contained mushrooms given she didn’t like mushrooms.
3. Jurors additionally heard information about Erin’s dating with Simon’s oldsters. He informed the courtroom Erin used to be specifically shut along with his father, Don.
4. Asked about Erin’s vainness, Simon stated his estranged spouse used to be “not particularly happy with how she is”.
“I don’t think she has high self-esteem,” he informed the courtroom.
5. Simon recalled Erin’s blended plate assortment at her house in Leongatha. Under cross-examination, he described her assortment, pronouncing there have been some plates that matched and a unmarried vibrant plate.
Welcome to day 4 of the trial
Welcome to day 4 of Erin Patterson’s homicide trial.
We’re anticipating the trial to get underneath means at 10.30am. The courtroom will wrap up at 1pm as of late.
Patterson, 50, faces 3 fees of homicide and one price of tried homicide in the case of a pork wellington lunch she served at her area in Leongatha, regional Victoria, in July 2023.
She has pleaded no longer in charge to the fees. The defence’s case is that the occasions have been an coincidence and Patterson by no means supposed to hurt her lunch visitors.