'Two faces': Online posts show mushroom cook's duality, say prosecution

Erin Patterson denies having "two faces" erstwhile it comes to her narration pinch her erstwhile in-laws, who died aft eating a toxic beef luncheon she cooked them.

The 50-year-old mother has pleaded not blameworthy to nan execution of Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, on pinch nan attempted execution of Ian Wilkinson.

She denies deliberately poisoning her luncheon guests connected July 29, 2023, by serving them decease headdress mushroom-laced beef Wellingtons.

Patterson, giving grounds for nan sixth time successful her Supreme Court proceedings successful location Victoria, was questioned astir her narration pinch her in-laws today.

"I propose you didn't emotion them," she put to Patterson.

"That's not true," Patterson said.

"I propose you had 2 faces - a nationalist look appearing to person a bully narration pinch Don and Gail," nan charismatic said.

"I had a bully narration pinch Don and Gail," Patterson replied.

Patterson earlier had been asked astir messages she sent to Facebook friends astir Don and Gail successful December 2022, including "this family, I committedness to f---ing god" and "I'm sick of this shit, I want thing to do pinch them".

Patterson said she regretted and was ashamed of nan comments, but denied they were her existent feelings aliases that those feelings persisted to July and August 2023.

"I propose your backstage look is nan 1 you've shown successful your Facebook use," Dr Rogers said.

"Incorrect," Patterson responded.

"How you genuinely felt astir Don and Gail was expressed successful your Facebook messages," nan charismatic said.

"Incorrect," nan accused said.

The charismatic asked Patterson astir 2 conversations she had pinch Simon, who had informed her his parents were "crook" successful infirmary pursuing nan lunch.

Patterson denied nan conversations had ended aft her estranged hubby told her of their wellness state.

When Dr Rogers suggested she ne'er asked Simon really his parents were aft he informed her of their illness, Patterson replied: "Disagree".

Patterson confirmed successful tribunal her relationship to constabulary wherever she said she loved Don and Gail.

The mushroom navigator was asked astir her narration pinch Ian and Heather Wilkinson, which Ian had described to nan assemblage arsenic being "more for illustration acquaintances".

Rogers said nan Wilkinsons were excited astir nan luncheon connection but Ian "wondered why nan abrupt invitation".

Patterson said location were a "few reasons", including that Ian had been her pastor for galore years and she would speak to some aft church.

"I really liked them. I wanted to person a stronger narration pinch them," she said.

She told nan assemblage she decided to induce them aft Don and Gail complimented her garden, saying Heather would emotion to spot it too, during a luncheon astatine her location successful June 2023.

"I wanted to opportunity convey you to them for being bully to maine complete nan years," Patterson said, crying.

She said Heather utilized to beryllium pinch her astatine her daughter's playgroup.

Patterson besides denied Rogers' suggestions she invited nan 2 couples for luncheon that time to guarantee Simon would attend.

She was taken to screenshots from iNaturalist website URLs recovered connected a Cooler Master PC seized from her home, allegedly accessed successful May 2022, which Rogers suggested led to a page astir decease headdress mushrooms.

"I propose you utilized Bing hunt to look up iNaturalist," Rogers said.

"It does look for illustration personification did that, yes," Patterson responded.

"I propose that personification was you," nan charismatic said.

"I don't retrieve doing that. It's possible. The only point that gives maine origin is that I didn't usage Internet Explorer aliases Bing but possibly I did this time. I'm not sure," she responded.

She was shown a screenshot of a circumstantial station connected iNaturalist featuring a sighting of decease headdress mushrooms successful Moorabbin connected May 18, 2022 and asked if she agreed she navigated to that circumstantial post.

"I work together it's possible," Patterson responded.

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