Triple murder accused Erin Patterson faced more questions from the prosecution as the mushroom murder trial entered its' fourth day.
Three family members of Patterson's estranged husband died after eating the lunch she prepared at her Victoria home in 2023.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Patterson was questioned about her food dehydrator - and admitted to lying about a cancer diagnosis.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mariol's Australia corresponds with us.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now he mus very good afternoon, Heather.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
So what's our favorite cook eron got to.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Say, well, look, the defense wound up this morning, Aaron Patterson.
Of course, six weeks into this trial. It's likely to
go another two weeks, according to the judge, and her
defense council finished be questioning her this morning. Colin, Mandy,
did you ever intentionally put death cap mushrooms in that lunch? No?
I didn't. Did you ever go out and pick death
(00:28):
cap mushrooms? No? I didn't. Did you ever lie about
kids having leftovers? No I didn't. Did you use wild
mushrooms in the deadly meal? No? Well it was in
fact a lie. And under cross examination she's a bit
in lying to believes about owning a vegetable dehydrator. Now,
I've never used one. I've never seen one. I don't
know what they do. But photographs showed her disposing of
(00:50):
a dehydrator at a local tip. Now there's a receipt
that the police had from a local store. She bought
that equipment only three months earlier. And yeah, she had
been dehydrating mushrooms in that bit of equipment. Now, Patterson
admits she took the dehydrated to the transfer station because
she had been using it to dehydrate mushrooms. She's already
(01:12):
admitted lying about having cancer. And look, it's just it's
been a bit of a mess now as far as
the prosecutor is concerned. Her name is where is it now,
doctor Nannette Rogers? And she looks to me. It's not
being carried live here, but I'm following it live in
terms of transcripts that are being made available every twenty
(01:34):
minutes or so. And she looks to be an absolute
and I use this very kindly, a bulldog of a
prosecutor everything. I mean, she's just looks forensic in the
way she's conducting her cross examination. So look, it's all
on another couple of weeks of fascinating headlines.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Absolutely, Now tell me what's going on in Tasmania. Does
it look like he's going to be less? He going
to lose this vote?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Well, i'll tell you if he does, it means there'll
be no liberal government. We're in Australia, Tasmani's currently ruled
by a minority Liberal government. The Porole lives down there.
Have've got fourteen seats in the thirty five seat Lower House.
Jeremy Rockcliffe looks like a dead man walking. He will
face a no confidence vote. We understand this afternoon. I mean,
(02:17):
as I say, the only liberal government in the entire
country now, Tasmania is facing a budget crisis. They had
a budget on a week or so ago and this
is kind of what's brought this on. Even though Rockcliffe
is an underwhelming performer, let's put it that way. They've
got a rapidly climbing government debt. They've got cuts coming
up the services. The income this year less than ten billion,
(02:38):
the spending nearly eleven billion, so that doesn't add up.
And you've also got this great, big white elephant. The
last mob promised to spend at least one billion dollars
on a covered, heated stadium to host Australian rules football.
That's the condition to have an Aussie rules team in
the national competition from Tasmania. So we have to wait
and see. But as I say, Rockcliffe does look like
(03:00):
a dead man walking.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Absolutely doesn't sound very smart at all at the minute
the way this is playing out. And then tell me
about Bradfield. So we got the final count, have we well.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We have twenty six vot If you can imagine one
hundred and twelve thousand people cast their ballots on day
the third, and this afternoon we're sitting here, the margin
is twenty six votes out of one hundred and twelve thousand.
That's how small it is. The Independent let's call her
a Teal Nicolatt buller. She has edged out a very
(03:28):
very carefully selected If the Liberal Party's got female a
problem with women over here and all the critics say
it does, this is a woman who should have been
elected somewhere in parliament. She's very very able. She's an
international lawyer who has decided to put that career on
hold to try and become an MP for the Liberal Party,
a wonderful communicator and as I say, a very able
(03:52):
and very competent woman. But she has lost out of
this Independent and if this stands, Labor head that will
have ninety four seats in the National Parliament in canbrid
the Coalition will have just forty three and that's two
parties and will be thirteen on the cross bench. Labor
is just you know, it's going to take a catastrophe
(04:12):
to alb and easy to lose he's there for the
next two terms. If he wants to be good.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Stuff hate very good to talk to you as you
look after yourself. We'll talk to you again next week.
Marry Old's Australia correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to
news Talks.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
Mariol's Australia corresponds with us.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now he mus very good afternoon, Heather.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
So what's our favorite cook eron got to.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Say, well, look, the defense wound up this morning, Aaron Patterson.
Of course, six weeks into this trial. It's likely to
go another two weeks, according to the judge, and her
defense council finished be questioning her this morning. Colin, Mandy,
did you ever intentionally put death cap mushrooms in that lunch? No?
I didn't. Did you ever go out and pick death
(00:28):
cap mushrooms? No? I didn't. Did you ever lie about
kids having leftovers? No I didn't. Did you use wild
mushrooms in the deadly meal? No? Well it was in
fact a lie. And under cross examination she's a bit
in lying to believes about owning a vegetable dehydrator. Now,
I've never used one. I've never seen one. I don't
know what they do. But photographs showed her disposing of
(00:50):
a dehydrator at a local tip. Now there's a receipt
that the police had from a local store. She bought
that equipment only three months earlier. And yeah, she had
been dehydrating mushrooms in that bit of equipment. Now, Patterson
admits she took the dehydrated to the transfer station because
she had been using it to dehydrate mushrooms. She's already
(01:12):
admitted lying about having cancer. And look, it's just it's
been a bit of a mess now as far as
the prosecutor is concerned. Her name is where is it now,
doctor Nannette Rogers? And she looks to me. It's not
being carried live here, but I'm following it live in
terms of transcripts that are being made available every twenty
(01:34):
minutes or so. And she looks to be an absolute
and I use this very kindly, a bulldog of a
prosecutor everything. I mean, she's just looks forensic in the
way she's conducting her cross examination. So look, it's all
on another couple of weeks of fascinating headlines.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Absolutely, Now tell me what's going on in Tasmania. Does
it look like he's going to be less? He going
to lose this vote?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Well, i'll tell you if he does, it means there'll
be no liberal government. We're in Australia, Tasmani's currently ruled
by a minority Liberal government. The Porole lives down there.
Have've got fourteen seats in the thirty five seat Lower House.
Jeremy Rockcliffe looks like a dead man walking. He will
face a no confidence vote. We understand this afternoon. I mean,
(02:17):
as I say, the only liberal government in the entire
country now, Tasmania is facing a budget crisis. They had
a budget on a week or so ago and this
is kind of what's brought this on. Even though Rockcliffe
is an underwhelming performer, let's put it that way. They've
got a rapidly climbing government debt. They've got cuts coming
up the services. The income this year less than ten billion,
(02:38):
the spending nearly eleven billion, so that doesn't add up.
And you've also got this great, big white elephant. The
last mob promised to spend at least one billion dollars
on a covered, heated stadium to host Australian rules football.
That's the condition to have an Aussie rules team in
the national competition from Tasmania. So we have to wait
and see. But as I say, Rockcliffe does look like
(03:00):
a dead man walking.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Absolutely doesn't sound very smart at all at the minute
the way this is playing out. And then tell me
about Bradfield. So we got the final count, have we well.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We have twenty six vot If you can imagine one
hundred and twelve thousand people cast their ballots on day
the third, and this afternoon we're sitting here, the margin
is twenty six votes out of one hundred and twelve thousand.
That's how small it is. The Independent let's call her
a Teal Nicolatt buller. She has edged out a very
(03:28):
very carefully selected If the Liberal Party's got female a
problem with women over here and all the critics say
it does, this is a woman who should have been
elected somewhere in parliament. She's very very able. She's an
international lawyer who has decided to put that career on
hold to try and become an MP for the Liberal Party,
a wonderful communicator and as I say, a very able
(03:52):
and very competent woman. But she has lost out of
this Independent and if this stands, Labor head that will
have ninety four seats in the National Parliament in canbrid
the Coalition will have just forty three and that's two
parties and will be thirteen on the cross bench. Labor
is just you know, it's going to take a catastrophe
(04:12):
to alb and easy to lose he's there for the
next two terms. If he wants to be good.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Stuff hate very good to talk to you as you
look after yourself. We'll talk to you again next week.
Marry Old's Australia correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to
news Talks.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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