After weeks and weeks of hearings, Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom trial is nearing its end.
The 50-year-old is accused of intentionally serving a poisonous mushroom dish to her estranged husband's family in 2023.
She maintains her innocence.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the jury is set to retire soon - and then a verdict will be unveiled.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Murray OL's Ozite correspondent is with us now mass Hello,
very good afternoon, head. Where are we at with the
mushroom trial.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
We think the defense council will finish his summing up
to the jury this afternoon. That was the last thing
I saw a few minutes ago. The newspapers are doing,
you know, blow by a blow. They've got people in
court who are taking down shorthand and you know, the
world has been captivated by this trial. It's just astonishing.
(00:36):
It's gone on for weeks and weeks and weeks. Aaron
Patterson herself was in the witness stand for eight days,
and a council is basically saying that the jury today, look, look,
my client panicked. She made this lunch. Guests were unwell
and subsequently died, three of them after the lunch. Of
(00:56):
course she panicked. She did not mean to do them
any harm. What's their hoever, certainly didn't want anyone to die.
And yeah, she's panicked, but that does not make her
guilty of premeditated murder. Three counts of premeditated murder. And
look he took the jury to a bunch of different things.
Did she swap a sim card from one phone to
(01:16):
try and remove incriminating evidence? He said, well, absolutely not.
If she was worried about incriminating evidence on phone as
is known, she would have simply taken it to the
dump and thrown it out. And I mean it just
got rid of it. He took her to her claims
that she'd brought these deadly mushrooms from an Asian grosser.
The accused woman, Miss Pattison, she couldn't say where the
(01:38):
grocer was, but she did give a list of suburbs
in southeast Melbourne, which is where she said she went
and got the potentially deadly mushrooms for the meal. So
absolutely fascinating stuff. I cannot wait until the jury retires.
And what do they say. If the jury's back in
a hurry, you know it's probably guilty. And if the
(02:00):
jerry takes into the middle of the next week or beyond,
heather possibly they are unable to come to a unanimous verdict.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I think we're all quite keen to see how this
one goes. And I can't pick it? Can you pick it?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
No? I can't. I simply can't.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I know that Aaron Patterson is a deeply troubled woman,
that's pretty clear from all the evidence. I've never met her,
of course, but you have to say from the evidence
that she presented, she is deeply troubled.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
She's very, very.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you know she had met it, telling lies lie
after life, lie in the witness box. But does that
make her a premeditated murderer.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I don't know. I'm not there.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I've got one idea, but it's playing out and the
world you can't get another this matter.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
It's just crazy totally.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Now, hey listener, are you guys going to be able
to get these people out of Israel.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
In the row?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Penny Wong, the Foreign Minister, says nearly three thousand Australians
have registered to be evacuated from Israel. There's another large
number who wanted to be taken.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Out of Iran.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I mean, look, there's no surprise many Israelis live here.
Only many Iranians are living here in Australia, so they've
got family back there and people are back for weddings
and to say goodbye to parents and all the rest
of it. So no surprise at thousands of Australians are
in the Middle East and these two countries. Right now,
a small bunch has been evacuated out by land from Israel.
Of course, you know, the skies above Israel and Iran
(03:19):
are closed, so there's no one flying out.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
They've got twelve but more waiting to leave, probably by land.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
But at this stage there's no plans in place for
fifteen hundred of US who want to get out of Israel.
There's no way to get them out at this point
because as I say, airspace is closed. You know, you've
got missiles whizzing around, drones and the aircraft fire and
so on. Now in Iran, another large river of Australia, but
we don't know how many.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Even more perilous of course for those people.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
They're the advice to get out of Tehran if you can,
even if you just get out of the city, because
that's where it's you know, that's where Israel's attacks are
being are being directed primarily, So get out of the
city if you can't, shelter where you can, and there
are we unders and a bunch of different places across
the city where you can take shelter.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
And look, a Department of Foreign Affairs is working around
the clock.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
To get these plans in place, but evacuation by air
is out of the question right now.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Mass, Have you won one hundred million dollars?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
No, I haven't, but someone has.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Imagine that one hundred million dollars. The ticket was sold
at Bondai Junction in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs a week ago today,
last Thursday. Okay, and this was a lot of powerball.
Half a dozen times in Australia we've had the jackpots
of this size, but I think it might be the
first time that a single ticket, a single ticket.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Has got all the numbers right.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So either this person doesn't know that one, well, they're
too scared to come forward right now for fever being
overwhelmed by what you know. No, I've got a Harvard
bridgeeness Alia.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Listen, I'll tell you what mus If I had that
winning ticket, I would need to take it in as
soon as possible, wouldn't you, because I would just lie
there filled with anxiety all night that I might misplace
it or burn it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
No kidding exactly, I'll be exactly like you.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So look, I suppose the most logical explanation is if
somebody's boarded to put it in their world or their hand.
Don't know it's there, jeez. And the big advice is
to register. If you're a regular player, register because that
way your details are in the computer system. If you
do win but the buye wasn't registered, it's not all
(05:21):
doom and gloom though, because the winner has six years.
I learned today to claim their prize. So but look
one with you. If I've won that, I'm Australia with there.
It might even take an uber.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No, I think you'd have to treat yourself. Listen mos,
thank you very much, appreciate it. Murray OL's Australia corresponding.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Murray OL's Ozite correspondent is with us now mass Hello,
very good afternoon, head. Where are we at with the
mushroom trial.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
We think the defense council will finish his summing up
to the jury this afternoon. That was the last thing
I saw a few minutes ago. The newspapers are doing,
you know, blow by a blow. They've got people in
court who are taking down shorthand and you know, the
world has been captivated by this trial. It's just astonishing.
(00:36):
It's gone on for weeks and weeks and weeks. Aaron
Patterson herself was in the witness stand for eight days,
and a council is basically saying that the jury today, look, look,
my client panicked. She made this lunch. Guests were unwell
and subsequently died, three of them after the lunch. Of
(00:56):
course she panicked. She did not mean to do them
any harm. What's their hoever, certainly didn't want anyone to die.
And yeah, she's panicked, but that does not make her
guilty of premeditated murder. Three counts of premeditated murder. And
look he took the jury to a bunch of different things.
Did she swap a sim card from one phone to
(01:16):
try and remove incriminating evidence? He said, well, absolutely not.
If she was worried about incriminating evidence on phone as
is known, she would have simply taken it to the
dump and thrown it out. And I mean it just
got rid of it. He took her to her claims
that she'd brought these deadly mushrooms from an Asian grosser.
The accused woman, Miss Pattison, she couldn't say where the
(01:38):
grocer was, but she did give a list of suburbs
in southeast Melbourne, which is where she said she went
and got the potentially deadly mushrooms for the meal. So
absolutely fascinating stuff. I cannot wait until the jury retires.
And what do they say. If the jury's back in
a hurry, you know it's probably guilty. And if the
(02:00):
jerry takes into the middle of the next week or beyond,
heather possibly they are unable to come to a unanimous verdict.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I think we're all quite keen to see how this
one goes. And I can't pick it? Can you pick it?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
No? I can't. I simply can't.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I know that Aaron Patterson is a deeply troubled woman,
that's pretty clear from all the evidence. I've never met her,
of course, but you have to say from the evidence
that she presented, she is deeply troubled.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
She's very, very.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you know she had met it, telling lies lie
after life, lie in the witness box. But does that
make her a premeditated murderer.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I don't know. I'm not there.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I've got one idea, but it's playing out and the
world you can't get another this matter.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
It's just crazy totally.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Now, hey listener, are you guys going to be able
to get these people out of Israel.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
In the row?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Penny Wong, the Foreign Minister, says nearly three thousand Australians
have registered to be evacuated from Israel. There's another large
number who wanted to be taken.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Out of Iran.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I mean, look, there's no surprise many Israelis live here.
Only many Iranians are living here in Australia, so they've
got family back there and people are back for weddings
and to say goodbye to parents and all the rest
of it. So no surprise at thousands of Australians are
in the Middle East and these two countries. Right now,
a small bunch has been evacuated out by land from Israel.
Of course, you know, the skies above Israel and Iran
(03:19):
are closed, so there's no one flying out.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
They've got twelve but more waiting to leave, probably by land.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
But at this stage there's no plans in place for
fifteen hundred of US who want to get out of Israel.
There's no way to get them out at this point
because as I say, airspace is closed. You know, you've
got missiles whizzing around, drones and the aircraft fire and
so on. Now in Iran, another large river of Australia, but
we don't know how many.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Even more perilous of course for those people.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
They're the advice to get out of Tehran if you can,
even if you just get out of the city, because
that's where it's you know, that's where Israel's attacks are
being are being directed primarily, So get out of the
city if you can't, shelter where you can, and there
are we unders and a bunch of different places across
the city where you can take shelter.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
And look, a Department of Foreign Affairs is working around
the clock.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
To get these plans in place, but evacuation by air
is out of the question right now.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Mass, Have you won one hundred million dollars?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
No, I haven't, but someone has.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Imagine that one hundred million dollars. The ticket was sold
at Bondai Junction in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs a week ago today,
last Thursday. Okay, and this was a lot of powerball.
Half a dozen times in Australia we've had the jackpots
of this size, but I think it might be the
first time that a single ticket, a single ticket.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Has got all the numbers right.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So either this person doesn't know that one, well, they're
too scared to come forward right now for fever being
overwhelmed by what you know. No, I've got a Harvard
bridgeeness Alia.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Listen, I'll tell you what mus If I had that
winning ticket, I would need to take it in as
soon as possible, wouldn't you, because I would just lie
there filled with anxiety all night that I might misplace
it or burn it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
No kidding exactly, I'll be exactly like you.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So look, I suppose the most logical explanation is if
somebody's boarded to put it in their world or their hand.
Don't know it's there, jeez. And the big advice is
to register. If you're a regular player, register because that
way your details are in the computer system. If you
do win but the buye wasn't registered, it's not all
(05:21):
doom and gloom though, because the winner has six years.
I learned today to claim their prize. So but look
one with you. If I've won that, I'm Australia with there.
It might even take an uber.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No, I think you'd have to treat yourself. Listen mos,
thank you very much, appreciate it. Murray OL's Australia corresponding.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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