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Speaker 1: What a day.

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Speaker 2: It's the first time we heard exactly how Aaron Patterson

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Speaker 2: is alleged to have murdered her lunch guests. The prosecution

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Speaker 2: says she deliberately poisoned the beef Wellington mill she served

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Speaker 2: her estranged husband's family, but the defense is something very

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Speaker 2: different happened that day. They say the lunch was a

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Speaker 2: tragedy and a terrible accident. I'm Brooke Greebert Craig, and

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Speaker 2: this is the Mushroom Cook. Wow, Laura, what a big

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Speaker 2: day in court.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. I'm almost relieved that we're sitting down

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Speaker 1: to record this episode because I feel like we learnt

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Speaker 1: so much today that I need to unpack it all

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Speaker 1: with you.

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Speaker 2: My mind is literally exploding. I just can't believe it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So we're going to try our hardest today to

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Speaker 1: break it all down for our listairs, but you might

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Speaker 1: need to bear with us because there is a lot

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Speaker 1: we have to get through.

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Speaker 2: So broadly, Laura, what happened today?

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Speaker 1: So today was the first time we heard the prosecution

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Speaker 1: put their case against Erin. They did that in their

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Speaker 1: opening address and I'm just going to repeat myself again,

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Speaker 1: but it's important we get this out of the way.

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Speaker 1: Erin has been charged with three counts of murder and

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Speaker 1: one count of attempted murder and she has pleaded not guilty.

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Speaker 1: So the prosecution today put forward their case and that

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Speaker 1: contained a lot of allegations, which is what we will

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Speaker 2: Okay, let's start with lunch. What do the prosecution say

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Speaker 2: happened the lunch?

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Speaker 1: We know what happened at Leanngatha, at Erin's home on

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Speaker 1: July twenty ninth, twenty twenty three. Five people were invited

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Speaker 1: to this lunch, Simon Patterson, her former husband, Simon's parents,

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Speaker 1: John and Gail Patterson, and Simon's aunt and uncle, Ian

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Speaker 1: Ian and Heather all attended and they were all invited

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Speaker 1: at a church service. Yes, we did hear that today.

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Speaker 1: Eron went up to everyone at church and invited them

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Speaker 2: Simon initially said yes, that he was going to attend,

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Speaker 2: but he later texted Erin a day before the lunch

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Speaker 1: Yes, so we did hear that from Nannette Roger's sc

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Speaker 1: She is the Crown prosecutor, so she was the one

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Speaker 1: today walking the jury through the prosecution case.

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Speaker 2: So, Laura, all four guests arrived to Aaron Patterson's house together.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that's right, and Ian and Heather actually had never

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Speaker 2: And I think we should make it clear that Aaron

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Speaker 2: and Simon's kids were not present at the lunch at all.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that is important to note.

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Speaker 2: So Aeron served her guests individual beef Wellington's on different

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Speaker 1: The prosecution described to us how when the lunch was

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Speaker 1: being served, there were four gray plates and then there

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Speaker 2: As well as the beef Wellington. They also had mashed

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Speaker 2: and don ate his portion and Gale's half.

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Speaker 1: Yes, And then after that we also heard there was

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Speaker 2: So Laura, for the first time we heard why Aaron

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Speaker 1: Yes, so we heard that she wanted their advice. She

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Speaker 2: Aaron then said that she had an ovarian cancer diagnosis,

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Speaker 1: And I think it's important at this point to say

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Speaker 2: And then the prosecution said that Erin used this false

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Speaker 1: All right, so I think we should take a step

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Speaker 1: in dispute that Don, Gail and Heather all passed away

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Speaker 1: after falling victim to death cat mushroom poisoning. That was

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Speaker 1: made pretty clear today in court, wasn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's correct. So what we heard from the prosecution

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Speaker 2: Department of Health that she actually sourced the mushrooms from

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Speaker 1: And for our listeners who don't know, those final four

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Speaker 2: Erin was also asked by doctors whether she actually foraged

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Speaker 2: record Okay, Laura, now let's move on to the dehydrator.

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Speaker 2: Can you tell me what we learned from the prosecution.

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Speaker 1: The prosecution walked us through what happened after the lunch,

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Speaker 1: and one part of this was surrounding the dehydrator. A

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Speaker 1: dehydrator is a kitchen appliance that you can use for

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Speaker 1: various purposes, but mainly, like its name suggests, it's to

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Speaker 1: dehydrate food items. So the dehydrada that Erin had at

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Speaker 1: They admit she got rid of it at the tip.

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Speaker 1: The defense told the jury today in their opening address

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Speaker 1: the aftermath of the lunch. They say she panicked because

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Speaker 1: mister Mandy said today that she admits she did forage

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Speaker 2: Okay, Laura, So moving on to the next topic. The

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Speaker 1: Is that right, Yes, So, according to the prosecution, Aaron

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Speaker 2: Now, let's go back to our lunch guests, Don Gale

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Speaker 1: Yes, very sick. Indeed, we had a lot of detail

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Speaker 2: So in the days following the lunch, all four guests

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Speaker 2: So, sadly, Heather and Gail died on August four, and

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Speaker 1: So the prosecution spoke a bit today about Aaron's presentation

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Speaker 1: By this stage, the lunch guests had been admitted and

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Speaker 1: the prosecution told the jury that Erin told doctors that

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Speaker 1: she had experienced symptoms they included diarrhea, but she reiterated

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Speaker 2: Okay. So now a website was mentioned to the jury.

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Speaker 2: It's called Eye Naturalist. So the website is a platform

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Speaker 2: you can log mushrooms that you find across Victoria. Can

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Speaker 1: Yes, And I'll just say from the top that dates

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Speaker 1: there was a second post on this website by another expert.

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Speaker 1: said they had found death caps along a street in Outram,

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Speaker 2: And so did Aarin travel to this area as well?

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Speaker 1: Well? The prosecutions say the very next day, on May

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Speaker 1: were posted by the first expert.

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Speaker 2: So, in summary, the prosecution as saying that Aaron travel

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Speaker 1: Yes, and that is the prosecution case.

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Speaker 2: Now let's move on. The prosecution said today that Aaron

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Speaker 2: had two phones. Can you talk more about that? Yes.

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Speaker 1: The allegation is that she had two phones and one

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Speaker 1: phone was never recovered from police and including with that,

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Speaker 1: the simcard was never recovered. The phone that police did recover,

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Speaker 1: they believe it was factory reset on three separate occasions,

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Speaker 2: anything else that they said that we needed to know? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: One final thing to note was the prosecution did not

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Speaker 2: Okay, so we've talked about the prosecution. I reckon we

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Speaker 1: No, they didn't, and that is really standard. The opening

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Speaker 1: a lot shorter than the prosecutions. It's just a response.

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Speaker 1: They don't have to start arguing over the allegations the

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Speaker 1: their case. We mentioned him before Erin's defense, barrister Colin Mandy.

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Speaker 1: He said today that it was important that the jury

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Speaker 1: remembered that Erin was innocent until proven guilty.

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Speaker 2: So we haven't really been able to speak about everything

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Speaker 2: that happened in court today. There was a lot of information,

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Speaker 2: but we will touch upon different points later on.

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Speaker 1: Yes, this trial is going for six weeks, so the

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Speaker 1: day of the openings is always a very big day

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Speaker 1: for jurors as well. There's a lot that they are

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Speaker 1: taking in for the first time, but both parties will

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Speaker 1: walk the jurors through all of this evidence across the trial,

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Speaker 1: so rest assured there will be plenty of detail to come.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Laura, so make sure you stay tuned for all

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