Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37 | Victoria

Here is a summary of what the jury heard on Tuesday:

1. Justice Christopher Beale began to give the jury instructions or accusations before retiring to take into account his decision this week. Authorized, the jury members in the case “judges of the truth” said.

The jury should put aside prejudices and sympathies aside while negotiating the decision, Beale said Beale. “Patterson said that lies should not cause you to be prejudiced against him,” he said.

3. Ki If any of them has reached your eyes or ears or if they do it in the coming days … You should pay particular attention not to let him influence you in any way, ”he said.

4. If the jury accepts that Patterson is a good character, they can use it to assess his reliability, Beale said Beale.

5. Beale claimed that there were previously inconsistent expressions by witnesses. He said that the jury members could accept the previous statement made by a witness or use the previous statement to evaluate the reliability of a witness.