Inside the Erin Patterson trial: accused mushroom cook cross-examination begins

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National crime reporter Anna Houlahan takes you inside the courtroom in Morwell, where a jury that will decide accused killer Erin Patterson’s fate. Patterson has returned to the witness box in Day 26 of the trial, grilled over lies in her police interview.

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00:00Accused death cat mushroom killer Erin Patterson takes the stand for the fourth day as she faces

00:06a murder trial in Morwell, Gippsland. Cross-examination is set to start on June 5 after

00:12Defence Barrister Colin Mandy spent three days questioning Ms Patterson. So far the court has

00:17heard about her tricky relationship with Simon, her estranged husband, her bond with his parents,

00:23her passion for mushroom foraging and preservation, as well as accounts of her lifelong struggle with

00:29disordered eating. Yesterday Ms Patterson told the court that she invited her in-laws to the

00:35fateful lunch because she was worried about a growing distance between them. She said she had

00:40plans to undergo gastric bypass surgery but lied to her in-laws saying that she was being treated for

00:46cancer. Ms Patterson has been charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of Heather

00:51Wilkinson, Gail Patterson and Don Patterson in August 2023 and one count of attempted murder in relation

00:58to Corumburra Pastor Ian Wilkinson. We'll bring you all the latest from the sixth week of the trial.

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