Overview

• Patterson’s recorded August 2023 police interview was played on 27 May, marking the first time jurors heard her account of the deadly lunch
• Telecommunications expert testimony showed Patterson’s phone connected to towers near Outtrim and Loch, areas where death cap mushrooms were identified
• Forensic specialists confirmed a Sunbeam Food Lab dehydrator dumped at a local tip carried Patterson’s fingerprints and trace amounts of lethal spores
• Digital forensics officer Shamen Fox-Henry revealed mushroom imagery on Patterson’s home computer and police disclosed repeated factory resets and a remote wipe of a second Samsung Galaxy A23
• Prosecutors expect to complete witness testimony next week, with summations scheduled for June as the trial moves into its sixth week