Mushroom cook ate lunch leftovers with kids: daughter

Mushroom navigator Erin Patterson ate leftovers from nan death-cap mushroom-laced luncheon pinch her children but could not decorativeness her information because she was unwell, a assemblage has been told.

Patterson's nine-year-old girl described nan steak, mashed potatoes and beans they ate connected nan nighttime of July 30, 2023, successful a recorded constabulary question and reply played to nan Victorian Supreme Court.

She denied location was gravy aliases different ingredients successful nan repast but said her relative ate nan remainder of Patterson's serving erstwhile she couldn't decorativeness it.

"She wasn't very hungry, she didn't eat very much," nan woman told police.

The remainder of nan girl's constabulary question and reply will beryllium played to nan assemblage coming arsenic her mother stands proceedings connected 3 counts of execution and 1 count of attempted murder.

Patterson's erstwhile in-laws Don and Gail, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, each died successful infirmary days aft nan July 29 luncheon astatine her location successful Leongatha, successful Victoria's south-east.

Heather's hubby Ian, for whom Patterson is charged pinch attempted murder, was nan only subsister of nan meal.

Patterson has pleaded not blameworthy to each charges against her.

The assemblage was told Patterson began emotion unwell connected July 30 and had to usage nan bath astatine slightest 10 times complete nan people of nan day.

But erstwhile she presented to Leongatha Hospital connected nan greeting of July 31 pinch symptoms of nausea and diarrhoea, registered caregiver Cindy Munro recalled her appearing comparatively healthy.

"Erin was sitting up successful nan bed, successful nan trolley, and she didn't look unwell to me," Munro told nan jury.

A paramedic besides told nan assemblage Patterson's demeanour was bully erstwhile they had to carrier her to Monash Hospital for suspected death-cap mushroom poisoning.

Patterson was capable to move onto nan ambulance stretcher unassisted and did not request to usage nan bath erstwhile passim nan 90-minute journey, Eleyne Spencer told nan court.

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