Erin Patterson evidence recap: Accused mushroom killer’s dehydrator admission after beef Wellington lunch

Ms Patterson said asked someone in hospital how everyone else was doing. She was told to “ask Simon”.

When she met with her children and ex-partner, they had a conversation about why they were in the hospital.

Ms Patterson told the court she explained: “There was a concern that the lunch I served on Saturday might have made people unwell.”

“I explained to her they had eaten the leftovers.”

Ms Patterson told her children she scraped the mushrooms off leftovers because her kids “didn’t like” them.

Ms Patterson, over the phone, told health authorities “the truth” about what she served for lunch and “where the ingredients came from”.

The accused told the court she would have said the mushrooms came from Woolworths and an Asian grocer, which she believed at the time was in the Oakleigh/ Clayton area.

Shortly after, Child Protection began asking Ms Patterson and Simon Patterson questions. Something that made her feel “very anxious”.

Ms Patterson was transported from Leongatha to Monash Hospital in Melbourne.

During her ambulance ride, Ms Patterson said she became “loopy” after having fentanyl.

Ms Patterson recalled seeing her family at the Melbourne hospital before being put into a room.

By Tuesday, just over two days after the beef Wellington Lunch, the accused said she felt “a lot better”.

That’s when authorities started asking questions.

Ms Patterson told the court how, at one point, when she was told her children should come to the hospital, she offered to collect them herself, however, doctors told her it was not a good idea.

Simon Patterson said he would collect the children, with Ms Patterson pleading with him to “please bring them to the hospital” that she was at.

Ms Patterson said she was told by doctors that although she “scraped” the mushrooms off the leftover, it was better to be “safe than sorry” and to have them assessed.

“It made sense to me,” Ms Patterson said.

Erin Patterson says after going home from hospital, she did “the things I needed to do” and then returned to the Leongatha Hospital where she got into a bed and waited to be assessed.

“The children came up,” Ms Patterson said, saying doctors wanted to know if they had consumed the beef Wellington.

She said she would have told them they had the leftovers, and said she explained she took the pastry and mushrooms off the leftovers, only serving them the “meat, potatoes and beans”.

Ms Patterson claimed she then spoke to police, telling them “the leftover they were after” had been put in the bin. She gave them the “gate code” and told them to check the inside and outdoor bins.

She also recalled a call from Matt Patterson, who was with Don Patterson, where she explained the mushrooms came from Woolworths and an Asian grocer.

“I didn’t remember,” Ms Patterson said.

Accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson is returning to the witness box after giving bombshell evidence about a “special” beef Wellington she prepared for her family, revealing she deviated from the recipe and added “dried mushrooms” from her pantry to her “bland” creation.

Ms Patterson revealed she ate two-thirds of an orange cake after the fatal lunch, a move that led her to visit the bathroom in secret to make herself sick and throw up the contents of her stomach.

Before the court adjourned for lunch, Ms Patterson explained that after eventually seeking medical help for her persistent diarrhea, she was told she needed to be transported by ambulance to Melbourne, something she delayed by around 30 minutes so she could go home to “do a few things”.

Follow our live coverage as Erin Patterson continues her bombshell evidence on what happened after serving up a fatal beef Wellington lunch to her family.

Erin Patterson’s Supreme Court trial in regional Victoria has adjourned for lunch.

Catch up on her bombshell evidence on why the accused chose to cook beef Wellington for the fatal lunch and her reasoning for adding “dried mushrooms” from her pantry to her “deviated” recipe.

Court resumes at 2.15pm AEST.

Ms Patterson said the medical staff told her she could have been exposed to “death cap mushrooms” and may need to be transported to Melbourne in an ambulance.

She claimed she told the medical staff she was “overwhelmed” after they asked her where she got the ingredients for her beef Wellington lunch from.

“I need to go home and do a few things before that happens,” she claimed she told medical staff, insisting that she leave and come back before being transported.

Ms Patterson said she thought her daughter had a ballet commitment that night, that she needed to feed her animals and put her “lambs away” to protect them from foxes.

She said she told the team she thought she could be back within 30 minutes.

Ms Patterson said she called her ex-partner the Monday after the Saturday lunch to tell him she planned to go to the hospital as she still had diarrhoea.

The accused said she “wanted company” from Simon Patterson but was told he was “tired”.

Ms Patterson said that when she went to the hospital, she went to the toilet, then waited for someone to come out to see her.

When Dr Webster came out, Ms Patterson claimed he said: “I’m sorry there will be a bit of a wait. We have two really ill, or critically ill people here.”

Ms Patterson said she told the doctor that she just “had gastro” and was not urgent.

When she told the doctor her name, Ms Patterson claimed he replied, “We’ve been expecting you”, admitting she may be wrong in her recollection.

Ms Patterson said she and the kids stopped off at a doughnut truck on the drive home, claiming she did not eat.

Once home, the accused said she started to think about dinner for her children.

She explained that she did not feel like eating due to her diarrhea,

She told the court that she took the beef Wellington leftovers, a sixth unserved portion, out of the fridge, “removed the mushroom and the pastry”, heated it in the microwave and served it to her children.