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Things the court heard today
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By Mikaela Ortolan
Erin Patterson took to the witness box for a seventh day today, as lead prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC continued to question her.
Here's what the court heard:
1.Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson was "initially reluctant" to have her children assessed at hospital following the deadly lunch because she knew they had not eaten leftovers from the contaminated meal and their lives were not at risk. Ms Patterson said that was incorrect.
2.Ms Patterson was asked why she would feed her children leftovers even though she'd been experiencing diarrhoea in the aftermath of the lunch and knew some of the guests were unwell. Ms Patterson said she "didn't know or suspect" the meal had made them ill.
3.Ms Patterson accepted that the ENRICH Clinic in Melbourne, where she previously told the jury she had an appointment regarding gastric-bypass surgery, did not offer gastric-bypass procedures.
4. The accused maintains she bought dried mushrooms which she believed ended up in the fatal meal from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's south-east. But the prosecution said that was a "deliberate lie" because "you knew you were guilty of deliberately poisoning your [guests]". Ms Patterson rejected that.
5.Ms Patterson told the jury a beef Wellington was "the perfect meal" for pungent dried mushrooms. Ms Patterson previously told the court she had avoided using dried mushrooms she purchased from an Asian grocer because of their strong smell.