Overview

• Justice Christopher Beale has outlined alleged deceptive acts—from faked illness reports to disposing of a dehydrator—as he concludes his charge to jurors
• The judge revisited medical testimony and family accounts detailing Patterson’s severe diarrhoea and dehydration following the July 2023 beef Wellington lunch
• Patterson admitted in court that she lied to police about foraging, owning a dehydrator and sourcing dried mushrooms, which prosecutors argue are implied admissions of guilt
• Defence counsel maintained those false statements were panicked responses to an unfounded accusation rather than proof of intent to poison
• The 12 jurors will be sequestered and begin deliberating next week on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder