Overview

• After eight weeks of evidence, Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC delivered the prosecution’s final arguments to the jury in the Victorian Supreme Court.
• Prosecutors said Patterson fabricated a cancer diagnosis, procured and dehydrated death cap mushrooms, feigned her own poisoning symptoms, orchestrated a cover-up to conceal the truth.
• The case centres on individual beef Wellington parcels laced with death cap mushrooms that allegedly spared Patterson’s own portion.
• Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder over the July 29, 2023 deaths and poisoning of her estranged husband’s relatives.
• The defence is set to present its closing arguments before Justice Christopher Beale issues final directions and the jury retires to deliberate.