<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Accused killer Erin Patterson lied about serving her children leftovers from a death cap mushroom-laced lunch to deflect blame away from her, prosecutors allege.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC told the jury Patterson never gave her children beef Wellington with the mushrooms scraped off, despite telling multiple people she did so."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This was a lie to help cover her tracks," Dr Rogers told the Victorian Supreme Court.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-cook-accused-of-four-calculated-deceptions/2b4ec9d2-a05f-436c-a9a4-4199480b2bdc" rel="" target="" title="Mushroom cook accused of 'four calculated deceptions"><strong><span>Mushroom cook accused of 'four calculated deceptions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Rogers made the claims in her closing address on Monday as Patterson's triple-murder trial entered its final stages.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patterson, 50, has denied she intentionally poisoned her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, Gail's sister Heather, and Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Don, Gail and Heather all died after consuming the July 29, 2023 beef Wellington lunch at Patterson's home in regional Victoria, while Ian survived.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/claims-patterson-lied-about-leftovers-mushroom-source/e5b6f76a-5905-435e-bd12-57af6014eb13" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one count of attempted murder. She told an emergency department nurse on July 31 that she had fed her children the leftover beef Wellington with the mushrooms scraped off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Rogers claimed that could not have been true as the children were never unwell and Patterson was reluctant to bring them in for medical testing, despite urging from the doctors and nurses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The only reason Patterson would have lied about the leftovers was because she knew she had included death caps mushrooms in the lunch, Dr Rogers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(She) thought if she said she also fed it to her children, it would deflect any suspicion," the prosecutor said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patterson shared the lie about the leftovers to multiple people including doctors, nurses and paramedics, Dr Rogers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecutor also claimed Patterson lied about sourcing the mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Rogers told the jury Patterson gave 10 different accounts about where she bought the mushrooms in the days after the lunch, with the locations changing repeatedly.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecutor said Patterson appeared to have a remarkable memory while giving evidence in her trial, remembering what day of the week April 28 fell on two years ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yet in August 2023, she could not recall the shop or even the suburb where she purchased the mushrooms from," Dr Rogers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It simply beggars belief."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Rogers claimed Patterson knew the mushrooms did not come from an Asian grocer and she continued to peddle the false story to deflect blame.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecutor will continue her final address on Tuesday before Patterson's barrister Colin Mandy SC begins.</span></div></div>