Overview

• Justice Christopher Beale lifted suppression orders on Simon Patterson’s pretrial testimony in the Supreme Court of Victoria on August 8.
• The unsealed evidence includes claims that Erin Patterson served her husband penne bolognese, chicken curry and a sandwich wrap laced with suspected poison in 2021–22.
• A jury in early July convicted Patterson of murdering her mother-in-law, father-in-law and their sister with beef Wellington tainted by death cap mushrooms and attempting to kill a fourth guest.
• Prosecutors had split the charges and dropped the attempted murder counts relating to her husband before the trial, preventing jurors from hearing those allegations.
• Patterson is due before the court on August 25 for a two-day plea and sentencing hearing where victim impact statements will be read and life terms may be imposed.