Summary
Here’s a recap of what the jury heard today:
1. Justice Christopher Beale said jurors would begin deliberating after he concludes his instructions to them on Monday. He said he expected he would finish before lunchtime.
2. The jury heard no evidence about whether Patterson’s children would become ill if they ate the leftover meat from the beef wellingtons with the mushrooms and pastry scraped off, Beale said. He told the jury to disregard the prosecution’s argument that if the children ate the leftover meat they would have also experienced symptoms. “You would be speculating if you went down that path,” he said.
3. Beale said the jury should also set aside the prosecution’s argument that death cap mushroom toxins must have penetrated the meat used in the beef wellingtons.
The court has adjourned for the day.
Beale will continue instructing the jury from 10.30am tomorrow. We’ll bring you live updates then.
