00:00Well, we know that two days after that Beef Wellington lunch was served at Erin Patterson's
00:07home that she had presented to hospital complaining of gastro symptoms and by this point the guests
00:14of that lunch were feeling pretty unwell. They were being treated for death cat mushroom
00:20poisoning. But according to doctors this morning, Erin Patterson, who says that she ate the
00:26same meal as the guests, wasn't displaying the same symptoms. They said that her vital
00:31signs were within normal limits, that there were no signs of liver toxicity and that she
00:38was stable to be discharged. One said that she seemed clinically well and in normal mood
00:43and affect. Now how unwell Erin Patterson was in the aftermath of that lunch is something
00:49that's in dispute. Her defence says that she did become unwell but just not as unwell as
00:54her guests, while the prosecution says that she feigned illness. We also heard from a
01:01public health director at Monash Health. She quizzed Erin Patterson about the origin of the
01:06mushrooms in the meal. She said that Erin Patterson told her that the mushrooms were from Woolworths
01:12and were from a Chinese grocer. She asked her whether they'd been foraged, which she says
01:18that Erin Patterson denied. Now the defence has conceded that she did forage for mushrooms
01:25but that she didn't specifically seek out death cat mushrooms.
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