The separate husband of the accused in the murder of Australian mushrooms tells the tense relationship

The scattered husband of an Australian woman accused of killing three of his elderly relatives told a meal with a fatal mushroom to the court on Thursday that their relationship has become increasingly tense in the previous year of death.

Eren Patterson, 50, accused of killing July 2023 from her mother -in -law Gill Patterson, his wife, Donald Patterson and the sister of Jill, Heather Wilkenson, along with an attempt to kill Ian Wilkenson, Heather’s husband, if she acquires Australia.

All four fell ill after a lunch of beef, Lunston, mashed potatoes and green beans. Prosecutors claim that the defendants wear a meal with the mushroom of a toxic death hat in her home in Lyongatha, a town of about 6000 people about 135 km from Melbourne.

Eren Patterson denies the charges, with her defense, saying that the deaths were a “terrible accident.”

I have repeatedly refused the accused’s lunch calls

Erine’s husband, Simon Patterson, told the Supreme Court of Victoria’s Relations between the spouses, who was friendly in 2015, in late 2022, when he included himself as separate from the tax acknowledgment.

He said that the decision led to the presence of a system for supporting the child, which means that Simon Patterson no longer pays the fees of private schools directly for their two children.

“I was sure it was very upset with it,” he told the court.

He repeatedly rejected invitations to the accused’s house for lunch, including one on July 29, 2023, when it was claimed that the murders had occurred, saying that he felt uncomfortable to attend.

The defendant told her husband that she provided a “special meal” to the group

On Wednesday, the court heard that the accused had lied to cancer and hosted lunch on the pretext of discussing the best way to tell her two children about the disease, while the prosecution said it was an attempt to ensure that the children do not attend and eat a meal.

Defense does not oppose that the accused is a lie about cancer.

The text messages between Simon and Erine Patterson said in the court that the accused found his decision not to attend “truly disappointment” because she spent large amounts of time and money in preparing a “special meal” for the group.

Under the interrogation of the defense, Simon Patterson said that the accused showed a great generosity for him and his family, as he loaned hundreds of thousands of dollars to his siblings in order to buy or build property. He added that she has good relationships with the deceased.

The case witnessed a great interest from the Australian and international media, with my formulation, journalists and documentary filmmakers descending in the city of Morwell, about two hours east of Melbourne, where the trial is held.

The trial is scheduled to continue until early June.