Overview

• Patterson, 50, pleaded not guilty to charges accusing her of deliberately poisoning her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson at a July 2023 lunch in Morwell.
• During her sixth week on the stand, she acknowledged lying about needing ovarian cancer treatment to conceal low self-esteem and weight concerns.
• She confessed to denying police ownership of a food dehydrator and to misrepresenting her mushroom foraging after detectives questioned her following the deaths.
• Patterson apologized for defamatory Facebook messages sent to online friends about her relatives during a dispute over child support and schooling.
• The Supreme Court trial is in its sixth week as the jury evaluates her testimony against evidence presented by Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC.