Cook lunch says trial food was “special”

The Australian woman, accused of deliberately cooking the deadly lunch of the mushroom, told her that she wanted the food of beef Velington to be “special”.

In July 2023, Erin Paterson did not find herself guilty of killing three people and tried to kill another in his home in regional Victoria.

A 50-year-old guy says it is a tragic accident and that she never intended to harm the family she loved. But the prosecutor’s office claims that Ms Paterson has put the poisonous mushrooms in her food in a carefully designed story to kill them.

On Friday, the court heard that Mrs. Paterson was “unusual” to hold such an event in her home and was interviewed about her guests.

Ms. Paterson’s son -in -law, Don and Gale Paterson, both 70, together with his sister Gayla Hilkinson, 66 years old, became ill and died a few days after lunch.

Hiser’s husband, local pastor Jan Wilkinson, was also hospitalized, but healed after leaving a week caused by a coma. Simon Paterson, allotted by the couple, was also invited, but pulled out the day before.

More than 50 prosecution witnesses gave evidence in court, which began six weeks ago, but Ms Paterson became the first to defend when she went to the stand on Monday.

On the second day of the cross -up interrogation on Friday, Ms Paterson told the court that he accepted that the invitation was rare, but said that she agreed to discuss the problem of health and wanted to make a pleasant food to thank her for support.

“I wanted it to be special,” said Ms Paterson.

Earlier, she confessed that she was misleading her guests, believing that she might need cancer treatment, saying jury that she had done it as a cover for weight loss surgery, which she planned to have, but is too shy to disclose.

However, Prosecutor Nanet, however, expressed no health issues, and that she invited Simon and his relatives to kill them.

Ms Paterson repeatedly denied this statement within a week, often becoming emotional when she told the court that she loved them as her own family.

She also repeatedly told the court that in the days after lunch, she realized that beef Velington may accidentally include dried mushrooms that she had made, stored in a container with purchased in the store.

She lied to the police and the health authorities about the mushroom source, as well as her decision to dispose of nutrition because she was afraid to blame the guests, she said.

“Probably if you loved them, you would immediately report the medical authority?” Dr. Rogers asked.

Ms Paterson said she did not tell the doctors the possibility that wild mushrooms were unintended because the guests had already received treatment for death.

“Even after you were discharged from the hospital, you have not told any person that the mushroom may be used in food,” said D -Rhengers.

“Instead, you got up, you sent your children to school … and went home. And then you got rid of the dehydler.”

“That’s right,” said Ms Paterson.

The court heard that a conflict had taken place between Mrs. Paterson and her husband, and Dr. Rogers suggested that the accused had still angry with her son-in-law for taking the son’s side.

“You had two persons,” said D -Rhenjers, forcing Ms Paterson to read aloud the messages in which she was critical of Simon Paterson and his parents.

Dr. Rogers said that the “public appearance”, which seems to have a good relationship with the Don and Gayla, and the “private face” that she showed in her Facebook messages.

“As you really felt to Don and Gayla, it was how you expressed it (there),” she said.

“It is wrong,” said Mrs. Paterson, her head trembled and voted.

“And how did you really feel about Simon Paterson … You didn’t consider him a decent person inherently, correct or wrong?” Dr. Rogers asked.

Ms Paterson replied that he was still a good man.

It will restore the crossroads next week. It is expected that the trial, which is supposed to take six weeks, will take at least two weeks, the judge said.