WEBVTT - Hear Erin Patterson’s police interview in full

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<v Speaker 1>Before we begin, a quick note. We've used voice actors

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<v Speaker 1>throughout this episode to bring you the words spoken in court.

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.

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<v Speaker 1>hilarious take on that story right now at The Australian

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<v Speaker 1>dot com dot au. Aaron Patterson told police she'd never

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<v Speaker 1>foraged for mushrooms and didn't own a dehydrator, even after

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<v Speaker 1>police had seized CCTV showing Patterson dumping a dehydrator at

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<v Speaker 1>a tip. Today, we're bringing you Aaron Patterson's police interview

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<v Speaker 1>recreated by voice actors after it was played at the

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court trial where she's pleaded not guilty to murder.

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<v Speaker 2>My name's Luke Farrell, detective sergeant. The reason we hear

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<v Speaker 2>today is to execute a search warrant, sure, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>in connection with the death of two people over the

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of days.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey died.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the opening moment of a day that's become very

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<v Speaker 1>important in the trial of Aaron Patterson, the Victorian mother

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<v Speaker 1>of two who's accused of murdering three elderly relatives and

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<v Speaker 1>attempting to murder a fourth. She has pleaded not guilty

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<v Speaker 1>at eleven forty am. On August five, twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>four police officers showed up at Patterson's home on the

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<v Speaker 1>outskirts of Lea and Gaffer, a small community in Victoria's Gippsland.

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<v Speaker 1>Homicide Detective Luke Farrell took the lead, and after that

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<v Speaker 1>exchange on the doorstep, the officers spent four hours combing

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<v Speaker 1>through the house. On Tuesday, Prosecutor Jane Warren took Detective

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<v Speaker 1>Sergeant Farrell through photos taken on the day and.

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<v Speaker 4>On the bench there, what do we see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Is a cookbook recipe Team Eats Dinner cookbook.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you open the book and look inside the book

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<v Speaker 4>at the time of locating this, Yes, I did, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>And did you locate a recipe of relevance to your inquiries?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, So it wasn't a bookmark page, but on a

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<v Speaker 2>separate page there was a beef Wellington recipe. Yes, and

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<v Speaker 2>that page was spatted with cooking liquids.

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<v Speaker 1>The cops went through the house, seizing electronic devices and

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<v Speaker 1>other items, and then they took Erin Patterson to one

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<v Speaker 1>Thaggy Police station to answer some questions. Today, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to voice act for you that interview, which was recorded

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<v Speaker 1>on video and played to the jury on Tuesday. The

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<v Speaker 1>interviewing officer was Detective Leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall of

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<v Speaker 1>Victoria Police's Homicide Squad. He's the lead investigator in this matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Eppingstall told the court one of his first actions in

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<v Speaker 1>the case on August four, five days after the lunch,

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<v Speaker 1>was to ask a tactical intelligence officer, Detective Senior Constable

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<v Speaker 1>Meg Crawford, to begin looking through Aaron Patterson's records, including

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<v Speaker 1>bank details. Crawford found a transaction from two days earlier

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<v Speaker 1>August iiO made by Aaron Patterson at the Kunwara Transfers station.

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<v Speaker 1>The local tip police obtained CCTV of Patterson at the

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<v Speaker 1>tip and visited to recover the item she deposited, a

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<v Speaker 1>black Sunbeam food dehydrator. After searching Patterson's home, Eppingstall was

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<v Speaker 1>ready to ask his questions.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a DVD recorded interview between Detective Leading Senior

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<v Speaker 5>Constable Stephen Eppingstall and Aaron Patterson of Leon Gatha, conducted

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<v Speaker 5>at the one Thaggy Police Station on Saturday, the fifth

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<v Speaker 5>of August twenty twenty three. The other person present is

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<v Speaker 5>my cooperator, Detective Senior Constable David Martin. Eron. Do you

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<v Speaker 5>agree The time is now four forty one by my watch? Yep.

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<v Speaker 5>Could you please state your full name and address.

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<v Speaker 3>For me, Aaron, Trudy Patterson, Lee and Gatha.

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<v Speaker 5>Now, as we discussed earlier, and we've been together for

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<v Speaker 5>a few hours now, it was after eleven thirty that

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<v Speaker 5>we came to your house today. We want to discuss

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<v Speaker 5>the deaths of Heather Wilkinson and Gal Patterson today with you.

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<v Speaker 5>When we were at the house earlier, we discussed that

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<v Speaker 5>you hadn't really been kept in the loop, and it

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<v Speaker 5>come as news to you that Heather and Gaiale had

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<v Speaker 5>both passed away. Following eating at your house. Donald, Ian, Gale,

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<v Speaker 5>and Heather all became so ill that they ultimately ended

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<v Speaker 5>up in the intensive care unit at both danny On

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<v Speaker 5>Hospital and then moved to Austin Hospital. Following that they've

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<v Speaker 5>had a deterioration in their condition that they become so

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<v Speaker 5>ill that their livers have failed. All right, Donald underwent

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<v Speaker 5>a transplant last night, okay, and his condition is still

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<v Speaker 5>extremely critical. As I advised before, Heather and Gale have

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<v Speaker 5>passed away. In relation to Ian, I don't have a

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<v Speaker 5>current prognosis in relation to where he's at. We're trying

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<v Speaker 5>to understand what has made them so ill. Do you

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<v Speaker 5>understand why we're asking these questions?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>On the other hand, conversely, we're trying to understand why

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<v Speaker 5>you're not that ill. Do you understand why we're interviewing

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<v Speaker 5>you today?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeap, I do. But I'm sure you understand too that

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<v Speaker 3>I've never been in a situation like this, and I've

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<v Speaker 3>been very very helpful with the health department through the

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<v Speaker 3>week because I wanted to help that side of things

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<v Speaker 3>as much as possible, because I do want to know

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<v Speaker 3>what happened. So I've given them as much information as

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<v Speaker 3>they've asked for and offered up all the food and

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<v Speaker 3>all the information about where the food came from at

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<v Speaker 3>the house.

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<v Speaker 5>And I must say, for the record again you were

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<v Speaker 5>very helpful at the house and you did point out

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<v Speaker 5>a couple of things for us that will help us

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<v Speaker 5>with our investigation, mainly the fruit platter that you said

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<v Speaker 5>how they bought for you, and the gravy and the

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<v Speaker 5>fridge or the pantry that you said was from the

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<v Speaker 5>night and you kept on advice from the Health Department,

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<v Speaker 5>so thank you for that. You also pointed out a

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<v Speaker 5>recipe book on the counter and you referred me to

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<v Speaker 5>page two hundred and fifty odd the recipe for beef Wellington,

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<v Speaker 5>and you indicated that was the recipe you'd cooked. We

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<v Speaker 5>didn't see a lot of food Fromation Grossers or Indian

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<v Speaker 5>gross or those kinds of stores.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you look in my fridge. I've got a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of Asian cooking stuff in my fridge.

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<v Speaker 5>I did to find more of that kind of stuff

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<v Speaker 5>at the Mount Waverley address, do you think or no?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I did a big clean out of the pantry,

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<v Speaker 3>which is the last time that I was there, because

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to sell that place.

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<v Speaker 5>Obviously, we've got concerns in relation to the mushrooms and

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<v Speaker 5>where they've come from. Is that something you've done in

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<v Speaker 5>the past, foraging for mushrooms or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Never, never, never, do.

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<v Speaker 5>You preserve foods or anything like that. No, have you

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<v Speaker 5>ever dehydrated food or anything?

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up more of Aaron Patterson's police interview. That's after

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<v Speaker 1>the break.

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<v Speaker 5>You've described the relationship with your ex partner, Simon. I'd

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<v Speaker 5>like to understand why you had his parents and his uncle.

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<v Speaker 3>And aunt over for lunch because I've no other family

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<v Speaker 3>and they've always been really good to me, and I

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<v Speaker 3>want to maintain those relationships with them in spite of

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<v Speaker 3>what's happened with Simon. I love them a lot. They've

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<v Speaker 3>always been really good to me, and they always said

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<v Speaker 3>to me that they would support me with love and

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<v Speaker 3>emotional support even though Simon and I were separated, and

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<v Speaker 3>I really appreciated that. Because my parents are both gone,

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<v Speaker 3>my grandparents are all gone. They're the only family that

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<v Speaker 3>I've got and they're the only grandparents that my children have,

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<v Speaker 3>and I want them to stay in my kid's life,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's really important to me. I think Simon hated

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<v Speaker 3>that I still had a relationship with his parents, but

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<v Speaker 3>I love them. Nothing that's ever happened between us, nothing

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<v Speaker 3>is ever done to me, will change the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>they are good, decent people that have never done anything

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<v Speaker 3>wrong by me.

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<v Speaker 5>Ever, so we've been told that. On the thirty first

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<v Speaker 5>of July, So two days after the lunch you went

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<v Speaker 5>to the Lambgatha Hospital. I think you were only there

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<v Speaker 5>for about five minutes and then you left. Can you

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<v Speaker 5>explain why you went there for five minutes?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because I just went there thinking I needed a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of bags of saline because I was really dehydrated.

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<v Speaker 3>And they said they want to admit me and send

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<v Speaker 3>me to Melbourne. And when you've got animals at home

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<v Speaker 3>and children who have multiple after school activities, you can't

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<v Speaker 3>just be told to drop everything and you're off to

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<v Speaker 3>Melbourne for the night. So I had to go home

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<v Speaker 3>and feed the animals and pack my daughter's ballet bag.

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<v Speaker 3>And I did that and I went back.

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<v Speaker 5>Who did you speak to?

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<v Speaker 3>So I walked in and there was like, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think they were a nurse. It was like, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>it could have been an enrolled nurse or it was

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<v Speaker 3>like to help a person in the triage room, right,

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<v Speaker 3>And she says, like, are you okay? And I said said, well, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I have to run to the toilet. I've got diarrhea.

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<v Speaker 3>And she wasn't quite sure where it was, and so

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<v Speaker 3>she went and found out and showed me where it is,

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<v Speaker 3>and then she said, I'll go and find someone. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>get a nurse or a doctor for you. And so

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<v Speaker 3>I went to the toilet, I came back out. I

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<v Speaker 3>was waiting in the triage area and then a doctor

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<v Speaker 3>came out, Dr Webster, and he said to me, sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to be a little whild because we've got

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of critical patients in the hospital. And I said,

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<v Speaker 3>that's fine, don't worry about me. I'm just a gastroad case.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not urgent, obviously. And he said, oh, what's your

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<v Speaker 3>name and I said Erin and he said, oh, we've

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<v Speaker 3>been expecting you because other people that you ate with

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<v Speaker 3>on Saturday are sick. And he said can you come

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<v Speaker 3>through and I said sure, and then he said to me,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't remember the exact words, but he said something

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<v Speaker 3>along the lines of we've got a concern that they've

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<v Speaker 3>eaten death cap mushrooms and I said what and he said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's what we think they've eaten, and then started asking

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<v Speaker 3>me about what food I served them, and I told him.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, I understand you went down at the hospital

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<v Speaker 5>and got treatment of that. What kind of treatment did

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<v Speaker 5>you get?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, they hooked me up to a drip. They said

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<v Speaker 3>that they were concerned. So Dr Webster had to leave.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he was at the end of his shift,

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<v Speaker 3>and he passed on to another doctor and she said

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<v Speaker 3>to me, because the concern is that everybody's eaten something

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<v Speaker 3>that hurts your liver, we need to give you this

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<v Speaker 3>protective medicine. And so there was saline or something or other,

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<v Speaker 3>but she said, we need to get you this and

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<v Speaker 3>then put you in an ambulance up to Melbourne where

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<v Speaker 3>they can give you more, where they can get you better.

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<v Speaker 3>So I got saline and other stuff. How long are

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<v Speaker 3>you at the hospital for till Tuesday?

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<v Speaker 5>And again full disclosure, so you understand, we've obtained warrants

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<v Speaker 5>to medical records for everyone involved in this, so we'll

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<v Speaker 5>get medical records in relation to new treatment there as well.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure you were at home in person when we did

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<v Speaker 5>a search warrant today, right, And like I said, we'll

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<v Speaker 5>give you a little copy of this everything we've seized.

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<v Speaker 5>Kitchen fire left bottom drawer instruction manual for a Sunbeam

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<v Speaker 5>Food Lab. Electronic dehydrator. What's that in relation to you

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<v Speaker 5>know anything about a dehydrator in your house? No, do

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<v Speaker 5>you own a dehydrator? No?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I've got manuals of lots of stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Over the years, I've had all sorts of appliances and

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<v Speaker 3>I just keep them all.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Okay, when did you own a dehydrator?

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<v Speaker 3>About eight or nine years ago?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, what did you use that for?

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<v Speaker 3>Like when I first got the Thermomix, I got really

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<v Speaker 3>excited about making everything from scratch, you know, and I

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<v Speaker 3>did get a lot of you know, like everything from

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<v Speaker 3>scratch ingredients, and I did a lot of that. So

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<v Speaker 3>we'll have something like that.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, kitchen bench located against the wall. Recipe Tineat's book.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that recipe book.

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<v Speaker 5>That's the same book that the Wellington recipe comes out of.

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<v Speaker 5>M well I think of it. One other thing that

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<v Speaker 5>I should mention again to your credit. Police went around

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<v Speaker 5>the house on that morning on the thirty first, and

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<v Speaker 5>they were obviously responding to the hospital call to check

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<v Speaker 5>up on you, and they spoke to you on the

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<v Speaker 5>phone and you gave them the pin code for your

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<v Speaker 5>gate and directed them to the bin where there were

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<v Speaker 5>some leftovers. What were those leftovers that you directed them to?

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<v Speaker 3>Uneeded food from the lunch.

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<v Speaker 5>So you helped them getting that so it would be sampled.

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<v Speaker 3>Because my kids ate them too, So there was stuff

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<v Speaker 3>that was left over and it went straight in the bin.

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<v Speaker 3>And so when I went to the hospital and they

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<v Speaker 3>said they were concerned that everyone ate some contaminated food,

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<v Speaker 3>I said, well, there's the leftovers in the bin. You

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<v Speaker 3>can have it. Feel free to look through it. And

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<v Speaker 3>I said I'll go and get it if you want.

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<v Speaker 3>And they said that's fine, you need to go on

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<v Speaker 3>a drip. We'll call the police. And I said, well,

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<v Speaker 3>that's fine, just let them know I need to give

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<v Speaker 3>them a pin code. So they did that and a

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<v Speaker 3>bag of food appeared a bit later.

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<v Speaker 5>Yep, so again thank you for helping us locate that.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, erin do you agree? The time is now

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<v Speaker 5>five point thirty pm by my watch? All right, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>going to suspend the interview.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, the video stopped and Justice Christopher Biale told the

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<v Speaker 1>jury that irrelevant material had been edited out of the video.

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<v Speaker 1>Prosecutor Jane Warren confirmed with Stephen Eppingstall that Don Patterson

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<v Speaker 1>died later that night. A few weeks later, Ian Wilkinson

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<v Speaker 1>was released from hospital and police continued their inquiries.

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<v Speaker 4>As a result of those inquiries, was the accused arrested

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<v Speaker 4>by police on the second of November twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 4>and formally charged.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, ma'am.

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Patterson has consistently denied deliberately poisoning anyone and has

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<v Speaker 1>pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial continues on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>reporting from our team on the ground, John Ferguson and

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