The Australian family killed by poisoned beef was “bent in pain” before death was “bent” before death

The husband of an Australian woman, who was accused of triple murder with a poisonous, mushroom -laced beef Wellington, told a dish on Thursday that his father was “bent” before his death.

The 50 -year -old Erin Patterson is charged with three murders on the parents and the aunt of her alienated husband and an attempted murder.

She has not guilty to all charges, and her defense said that the deadly meal with beef and pastrich, which were laced with fatality mushrooms, was the result of a “terrible accident”.

On the second day of a process that has attracted global attention, the husband of the accused wife, Simon Patterson, described his parents after her poisoning in the hospital.

“Dad was essentially worse than mom. He really had problems,” he told the court.

“He was on his side, he was bent,” said Patterson, adding that his father's face was “really discolored”.

“He wasn't right inside, he felt pain”.

Simon Patterson was invited to lunch at the end of July 2023 in his wife's house in the Sedate Victoria State Farm Dorf in Leongatha.

But he told the court that he rejected it and wrote Patterson that he had “uncomfortable” with the invitation.

“I hope to see them there”

She asked him to rethink and said that she had cooked a “special meal” and spent a “small fortune” for the beef -ye fillet for the meal.

“I hope you will change your opinion,” said your text in court.

“I hope to see you there.”

Patterson had invited the guests under the guise of telling them to tell them that they had a health problems, as the court heard.

Simon did not come for lunch, but his parents, Don and Gail Patterson, did together with his aunt Heather Wilkinson and her husband, the local pastor Ian Wilkinson.

Within a few days, Don, Gail and Heather were dead. Ian, the pastor, survived in the hospital after almost two months.

During lunch, Patterson said that she asked cancer and asked for advice on how to tell her two children, and the prosecutor Nanette Rogers informed the court.

According to the public prosecutor, they later found no evidence that they had the disease.

The four guests developed diarrhea and vomiting within 12 hours after lunch and were driven to the hospital.

They were diagnosed by treating doctors with poisoning by die mushrooms.

Guests dead within a few days

In the hospital, Simon said that his father informed him about Patterson's claimed cancer diagnosis, which he had never heard of before.

His parents were “really strong” to encourage the couple to solve their marriage problems, said Simon.

The prosecutor says Patterson intentionally poisoned her guests and avoided consuming the death limit himself.

Instead, she was said to be suffering from similar symptoms such as “cover”.

Although the jury may be surprised: “Motif is not something that the public prosecutor has to prove,” said Rogers at the beginning of the process.

Patterson's lawyer, Colin Mandy, told the court that the poisoning was a “tragedy and a terrible accident”.

She ate the same meal with fatalities, but did not fall as sick as her guests, said Mandy.

Patterson is brought to trial on the Latrobe Valley dishes in Morwell south of Melbourne.

The attempt is expected to take about six weeks.

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