Australia mushroom trial live: defence set to conclude closing address in murder trial of Erin Patterson | Victoria
KEY EVENTS
“ S Patterson was not atheist, ” he says
Mandy turns into evidence of Christine Hunt, one of Patterson’s online friends.
Hunt, Patterson’s mother -in -law Don and Gail about his friends about the smaller Facebook group chat, he said.
Mandy said Hunt was asked about Patterson’s religious views and there were no smaller groups. He says that it is an example of prosecution to choose and choose the appropriate evidence for them and to ignore others.
Hunt said that Patterson was an atheist for a wider Facebook group.
“Erin Patterson was not an atheist, Mand says Mandy.
The judge summarizes the trial timeline
The jury members entered the court room in Morwell.
Justice Christopher Beale tells the jury that he will start instructing them on Tuesday before he starts negotiations. He said that the so -called judge’s accusation would take two days.
Orum I’m trying hard to try and squeeze, or he says.
Beale said Patterson’s defense lawyer Colin Mandy SC will complete the closing address today.
What did the jury heard on Wednesday
What the jury heard yesterday:
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PattersonDefense lawyer, Colin Mandy The SC said that his client was “not tried because he was a liar”. The jury told the court that the court was not one of the “moral trial”.
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The prosecutor’s case that Patterson wanted his alienated husband, SimonMandy said, “ridiculous,” he said, to attend lunch to kill him.
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The defense said that the jury should reject evidence from the only survivor of the survivor. Ian WilkinsonPatterson’s eating from an orange plate was served to its guests on four large gray plates. Mandy said Ian was “honestly wrong”.
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Mandy said that Patterson said that his mother -in -law was a “missing reason”. Messages about a disagreement about alimony SimonIt was striking because about the only dispute between Patterson and his mother -in -law.
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Mandy said that online searches about the death cover mushrooms discovered on a computer police seized from Patterson’s house showed a “empty curiosity ve and was not a person who carefully examined this information”.
Welcome to the 35th day Erin PattersonTriple murder case.
Patterson’s defense lawyer Colin Mandy SC will continue to deliver the closing address to the jury when the trial continues at 10.30.
Justice Christopher Beale said the jury would start instructing them on Monday before their negotiations. He said that this could “shed” next Wednesday. After this conclusion, the jury will retire to take into account the decision.
50 -year -old Patterson faces three murder accusations of a beef on 29 July 2023 at his home in Leongatha in his regional Victoria.
He is accused of killing his beers, To wear And Gail PattersonAnd his aunt’s aunt alienated, Heather Wilkinson. The murder attempt is about Heather’s husband, Ian.
He claimed that he was not guilty of the charges.
The prosecution claims that Patterson deliberately poisoned his guests with “killer intention”, but his lawyers says poisoning is a tragic accident.
