- Erin Patterson admitted in court that the mushrooms he cooked had fungus, but insisted he did not know it was poisonous at the time
- Patterson admitted to deceiving his guests was suffering from cancer to keep them eating his diet, saying he was ashamed to plan a weight loss surgery and he was afraid
- He misled the police for denying that he owned a mushroom -based machine and cheated on finding food, fearing he would be wrongly charged and lost his children
- Prosecutors believe that toxins were deliberately made, citing its simple dietary use, rapid recovery, and deleted telephone data as planning evidence
An Australian woman facing charges and mushroom poisoning has admitted that the bad meal she downloaded had a dangerous fungus.
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Erin Patterson, 50, has denied all charges, here CNN Reporting that his defense team maintains that the incident was due to an accident.
However, the prosecution is opening a case against him, saying that Patterson intentionally planned lunch to harm her ex -husband’s family.
Did Patterson cook with poisonous mushrooms?
Patterson, who faces charges Three Of the murder and two trying to kill, he gave his testimony with emotion before the Victoria Supreme Court, saying he did not know the mushrooms he added to his Wellington plate was poisonous.
The deaths of Don and Gail Patterson, both 70 -year -olds, and his sister Gail Heather Wilkinson, 66, shocked Leongatha after dying a few days after participating in Erin’s home in July 2023.
Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, was the only survivor of the group and was hospitalized for several weeks in hospital.
Report CBS News It revealed that Patterson shed tears in court when he confessed to cheating on his health to the relatives of her divorced husband to attend lunch.
The mother of two admitted that she told her family that she was suffering from cancer, a lie that she said she was very sorry.
“I didn’t want to tell anyone I was planning a weight loss surgery.
Why did Patterson mislead the police after the deaths?
Patterson also admitted to misleading investigators earlier, saying he was afraid of losing his children and sentenced to the deaths.
This includes rejecting mushroom nutrition and lying about owning a mushroom drying machine, a device that can dry mushrooms, including those in the wild he collected during the walk.
During the interrogation, Patterson explained that he intended to prepare a special meal and had poured high -quality ingredients.
He used mushrooms from a mixture of mushroom mushrooms and possibly fed.
“I thought they were all bought at the store. But now I think there was a possibility of grazing there too,” he said.
He acknowledged that he had finished wild mushrooms several weeks earlier and may have mixed them unwittingly in a container used for dishes.
Patterson said the mushrooms were seen with an unusual aroma, and some came from an Asian vegetable seller in Melbourne, describing their odor as bad.
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Why do prosecutors believe that Patterson planned to be poisoned
Prosecutors claimed that Patterson deliberately poisoned foreigners, indicating that he did not eat too much beef.
Wellington himself started vomiting after eating the cake, which was able to help him release the poison.
Later he had a little diarrhea and recovered quickly compared to his guests. In addition, he threw his cellphone after police arrested it, allegedly deleting pictures of the mushrooms he had taken care of.
He also removed the water and told the authorities that he had never owned it.
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Her divorced husband, Simon Patterson, who had been invited to lunch but chose not to attend, is said to be in the hospital, and asked her if she had poisoned her parents.
The court was also informed about Patterson’s bad relationship with his in -laws with Simon.
He said his relationship with Don and Gail never changed, even after the official separation with Simon in 2015.
However, the messages presented to the court revealed times of depression and hurt, especially about family misunderstandings and child care.
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