Overview

• Patterson insisted she left Leongatha Hospital to arrange care for her children and pets, rejecting claims she absconded to hide evidence.
• She refuted allegations that she feigned nausea, diarrhoea and abdominal pain to mirror the symptoms of her poisoned guests.
• Under cross-examination, she denied lying about self-induced vomiting to explain why her illness was far milder than her relatives’.
• The accused challenged key witness accounts, disputing Ian Wilkinson’s testimony on the plates used and her son’s claims of her repeated bathroom visits.
• Prosecutors pressed her on pre-incident internet searches for death cap mushrooms and a misremembered gastric bypass appointment as signs of premeditation.