Overview

• After eight days on the stand, Patterson denied three final prosecutor suggestions that she intentionally sourced toxic mushrooms and served them with intent to kill
• Prosecutor Nanette Rogers ended cross-examination by accusing Patterson of deliberate poisoning, each met by her one-word response “disagree”
• Patterson disputed claims she hid her primary phone from police, saying she had switched devices due to malfunctions despite factory resets of a secondary phone
• Under re-examination, she corrected her testimony on feeding leftovers to her children and clarified that the Enrich Clinic arrangement for weight-loss surgery was mistaken
• With evidence closed, both sides will present closing submissions before the jury in Victoria’s Supreme Court begins deliberating on its verdict