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Erin Patterson has admitted to using foraged wild mushrooms and making “modifications” to a beef Wellington, which allegedly led to the deaths of three of her former in-laws.
The 50-year-old is giving evidence for a third day in her Supreme Court trial in regional Victoria.
She has entered a plea of not guilty regarding the three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder connected to a July 2023 lunch she hosted for Don and Gail Patterson, aged 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, aged 66.
“I was talking a lot. I was eating slowly,” she said.
Her in-laws departed because Ian needed to attend a meeting at his church, leaving Patterson to handle kitchen cleanup and storage, during which she acknowledged eating the leftover cake that Gail had brought.
“I felt sick. I felt over-full. So I went to the toilet and brought it back up again,” she said.
Patterson recounted feeling a bit better, with only symptoms of loose stools that afternoon and evening.
Her evidence will continue on Wednesday.
Lines of people curious to catch a glimpse of Patterson giving evidence have stretched from the regional court’s doors as the trial continues into its sixth week.
