The courtroom additionally heard on Wednesday that Erin Patterson had invented medical points partly to elicit sympathy from her estranged husband’s family members, from whom she mentioned she felt she was rising aside.
“I did not need their care of me to cease, so I stored it going. I should not have achieved it,” she advised the courtroom.
“Did you misinform them?” Mandy requested.
“I did misinform them,” the accused replied, via tears. The prosecution alleges Patterson invented the medical points to lure the victims to her residence for the meal, a declare she denies.
The prosecution rested its case on Monday, following a month of proof from witnesses, together with family members and medical, forensic and mushroom specialists.
The trial, which started on Apr 29, has seen intense curiosity from Australian and worldwide media, with podcasters, journalists and documentary-makers descending in town of Morwell, round two hours east of Melbourne, the place the trial is being held.
State broadcaster ABC’s each day podcast about proceedings is at the moment the preferred within the nation, whereas many Australian newspapers have been working reside blogs on the case.
The trial, scheduled to conclude this month, continues.
