Here’s a recap of what the jury heard today
The court has adjourned for the day.
Here’s a recap of what the jury heard on day 20 of Erin Patterson’s trial:
A Victorian Department of Health official said the investigation into the fateful lunch concluded it was “highly unlikely” that commercial mushroom supply chains were contaminated with death cap mushrooms toxins.
A homicide detective said Patterson “expressed surprise” when she learned that some of her guests had died while police conducted a search of her property on 5 August 2023.
The prosecution called their final witness in the trial, Detective Leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall, who led the police investigation into the lethal lunch. During his testimony, the prosecution played jurors a video of Patterson’s police interview recorded on 5 August 2023.
In the video, Patterson told police she did not own a dehydrator but owned manuals for lots of things. The court was previously shown photographs of a manual for a Sunbeam dehydrator that police located in a kitchen drawer during the search of Patterson’s Leongatha house on 5 August 2023.
Eppingstall said police tried to track Patterson’s vehicle during an 11-minute window between her dropping her son at Subway in Leongatha and picking him up on the evening following the lunch. He said police were unable to find any footage to determine where she had gone during this time.
We’ll bring you live updates tomorrow from 10.30am.
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Police unable to track Patterson’s vehicle while son was at Subway, court hears
The court hears there was an 11-minute window between Patterson dropping her son at Subway and returning to pick him up.
Eppingstall says police tried to track Patterson’s vehicle but were unable to find any footage to determine where she had gone.
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