Overview

• Patterson returned for her seventh day of testimony as the Supreme Court trial in Morwell entered its seventh week.
• Prosecutors challenged her claim of an Enrich Clinic booking for gastric-bypass surgery, presenting evidence that the clinic does not offer that procedure.
• She denied serving herself on a different-coloured plate to evade poisoned beef Wellington portions, attributing the discrepancy to mismatched dinnerware.
• Patterson rejected allegations that she left the hospital against medical advice to cover her tracks, saying she needed to care for her children and pets.
• The jury heard digital forensic records showing a May 2022 visit to an iNaturalist page on death cap mushrooms, which Patterson said she could not recall.