Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson tells court she saw a future with estranged husband and ‘wanted to bring the family back together’

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow liveBarrister Colin Mandy SC asks his client why at one stage there were three properties in both Erin and Simon Patterson’s name when the couple had been separated for four years.I always thought we would bring the family back together. That is what I wanted ... It was something tangible to say to Simon, I see a future for us.I have not.I’ve never had a needle biopsy anywhere.I consulted Dr Google.I alternated that with Don.We did talk about it sometimes.The kind of conversations that we had ... they would gently make fun of the fact that I was religious and I would try and evangelise back to them in a sense ... It was sort of all in good humour. Continue reading...

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