Erin Patterson trial hears of ‘four calculated deceptions’ at heart of mushroom lunch case as closing address begins
Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought her lie would die with them'
Four calculated deceptions are at the heart of Erin Patterson's triple-murder case, the prosecution has claimed in its closing address to the jury, including a lie about cancer the accused hoped would die with" her lunch guests.
On Monday, Nanette Rogers SC spent day 32 of the trial closing the prosecution case, outlining these four deceptions: Patterson's fabricated cancer claim; the lethal doses" of death cap mushrooms secreted" in home-cooked beef wellingtons; Patterson's attempts to make it seem she also suffered death cap mushroom poisoning; and the sustained cover-up she embarked upon to conceal the truth".
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