Erin Patterson mushroom trial day 31 – as it happened

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Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC turns to evidence about factory resets performed on the mobile referred to as Phone B".

The court previously heard four resets - one in February 2023 and three in August 2023 - were performed on the phone that Erin Patterson provided to police during the search on 5 August 2023.

Rogers says one of these resets were done when she was left alone to call a lawyer while police searched Patterson's Leongatha home.

Patterson rejects this and says she phoned a lawyer at 2pm.

Rogers says Patterson performed the three factory resets after the lunch to conceal" the contents on Phone B.

Patterson rejects this.

Rogers then turns to her final points in the cross-examination.

She suggests Patterson deliberately sourced death cap mushrooms in 2023.

Patterson rejects this.

Rogers says Patterson deliberately included death cap mushrooms in the beef wellingtons she served her lunch guests.

It's an agreed fact in this case.... that this [phone number] lost connection ... could be due to:

a. The sim card being removed from the handset;