Trial of alleged triple murderer Erin Patterson enters its fifth week

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The trial of alleged mushroom triple murderer Erin Patterson enters its fifth week today, after a full week of evidence about data extracted from phones and computers.  The trial is taking place at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in southeast Victoria.

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00:00Victoria Police Digital Analyst Sharman Fox Henry ran the jury through messages recovered

00:08from devices seized from Erin Patterson's home. One message from an account allegedly

00:13linked to Ms Patterson was about frustrations with her estranged husband Simon. One reading,

00:18his mum was horrified I had claimed child support. Why isn't she horrified her son is such a deadbeat

00:24that I had no choice but to claim. He also gave evidence that records from a device seized from

00:30her home showed a visit to the iNaturalist website and a page on that website that contained

00:35reference to death cat mushrooms in Melbourne. Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three of

00:40Simon Patterson's relatives including his parents who died after she served them a beef wellington

00:46lunch containing death cat mushrooms. We also heard last week about the declining health of the lunch

00:51guests when they arrived at a Melbourne hospital. An intensive care specialist said they were

00:56suffering multiple organ failure and that one guest, Dom Patterson, received a liver transplant

01:02in an effort to save his life. The court heard the sole surviving guest, Ian Wilkinson, had also

01:08received a grim prognosis, the doctor telling the court his team thought he would die. Erin Patterson has

01:14pleaded not guilty to all charges against her. Her defence says she did not deliberately poison her guests.

01:20The trial continues.

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01:26The trial continues.

01:30The trial continues.

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01:44The trial continues.

01:48The trial Renault from Victoria Tycoon.

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