Four guests then joined Erin in her garden, where they discussed some of her plants.

After entering the room again, Wilkinson said lunch preparations were about to begin.

He said he saw Erin mash the potatoes and put the food on the plate. He said he did not see any other food being prepared.

The jury showed photos of Erin's dining table with a kitchen bench on the left.

Wilkinson said Erin was on the kitchen side of the bench while putting food on the plate.

Gail and Heather were on the side of the dining room on the bench, leaning against it. Both women were willing to help Erin take stock of the food, he said:

The proposal was rejected.

Erin plated all the food, he said.

On the plate given to guests were mashed potatoes, mung beans and wellington beef.

Wilkinson said he didn't see where the beef Wellington was before it was placed on the plate.

The court heard that Wilkinson and Heather were picked up from their house by Don and Gale and then headed to Erin's home on July 29, 2023.

Wilkinson said four lunch guests arrived at Erin's home around 12:30 p.m.

Wilkinson arrived at Erin's house and said, "Oh, Simon's car is not here."

Don or Gale said Simon was not attending lunch, Wilkinson said.

Erin then meets four guests who enter the kitchen and lounge area of ​​the house:

There was a general conversation…and then we started talking about the house.

Erin mentioned that there is a storage room behind the wall:

Heather was very interested in the restaurant at the time because we had just built one at home.

She started to walk towards it as she heard the storage room…Gal began to pay attention.

Wilkinson said Erin's visit to the pantry was "very reluctant". Erin then followed Heather and Gale went to the pantry.

Wilkinson said he didn't follow because he thought Erin might be embarrassed by the chaos in the storage room.

Heather Wilkinson's diary shows to court

The court showed a photo Heather's journal. The handwritten entry for July 29 is "Erin's at 12:00 for lunch."

Wilkinson Say the couple needs to prepare at noon University Teacher and Gail Pick them up for lunch.

Below is the word "fruit". Ian said that this refers to the fruit plates he and Heather were planning to bring Irene's house.

Wilkinson said on the morning of July 29 that he had breakfast but couldn't remember what he had eaten. He said it was "typical breakfast meal" and he "may have a good bowl of porridge".

Ian Wilkinson says late wife Heather is "pretty excited" about lunch

Check out the invitation to turn to mushroom lunch now.

Ian recalled that Heather told him at the church that they had been invited to cook at Erin's house in July 2023.

He said Heather was "quite excited" about the invitation:

There is no reason to have lunch. ...We are very happy to be invited. It seems that our relationship with Erin may improve.

Ian said the two were "very happy" to accept the lunch invitation.

He said the couple initially thought they were the only ones to be invited.

They later discovered that Heather's sister Gail and her husband Don were also invited.

The court heard that Erin's estranged husband Simon was also invited to lunch.

"Just an ordinary person"

Lenthall asked him how he would describe Wilkinson:

To me, just a normal person...when we met, it seemed friendly. We never argue or argue.

She seems to be an ordinary person.

Lenthall turned to his observations on Simon and Erin's marriage. He said he had a "several" conversation with Simon when he lived with Simon for some time.

Wilkinson said he doesn't go to Erin's home often. He said he had only had a wider range of family gatherings with Erin before, such as Christmas parties and family occasions.

Wilkinson said he met Erin through his nephew Simon Patterson (Erin's estranged husband).

Ask him about his relationship with Erin:

I would say our relationship is friendly, friendly. It doesn't have much depth. We are more like acquaintances. We don't see much of each other.

He said when Erin attends their church, they have a "casual conversation."

Wilkinson said Heather and Erin had a "very similar" relationship:

Heather had seen Erin more than I did and spoke to her more than I did. But we don't think that the relationship is intimate.

Ian Wilkinson's testimony begins

Prosecutor Sarah Lenthall She has begun checking Wilkinson.

He told the court that he was the pastor of the Korumburra Baptist Church.

Wilkinson met his wife Heather in 1976 and they later had four children, the court heard.

Wilkinson said Heather, 66, was teaching English to immigrants when he died in 2023.

The next witness is Ian Wilkinson, who survived the mushroom lunch served on July 29, 2023 at Erin.

Court shows receipts for Erin Patterson's purchase of dehydrator

Prosecutors appeal Darren Foxowner and manager of Leongatha's appliance store.

He said in November 2023, an employee told him that she believed she had sold it Aileen Pattersonliving in the food dehydrator Leongatha.

Fox said store records show Erin had purchased an electronic dehydrator for Sunshine Food Labs.

The court showed the court a tax invoice that read "Delivered to" Erin, dated April 28, 2023.

The juror entered the court.

The next witness in Erin Patterson's murder will be called soon.

Our journalist Nino Bucci appeared in Morwell yesterday, and the Supreme Court sat for the trial. Here is his report:

As we wait for the trial to begin today, here is a review of four things jurors heard on Monday:

1. Erin's estranged husband Simon denied asking her, "Is that something you used to poison them?" In the days after the deadly mushroom lunch. The court heard that he allegedly referred to the food dehydrator, although there was no clarification on who was mentioned by "they".

2. According to her online friend Daniela Barkley, the court showed the court a message Erin wrote in 2023. It reads: "I've been hiding mushrooms in everything. I've mixed it into chocolate brownies yesterday, and the kids don't know."

3. One of Erin's Facebook friends recalled her description of her estranged husband Simon as "compulsive" and her parents-in-law were "hard". The three Facebook friends who provided the evidence did not meet in person, but communicated through online real crime teams, online chat and phone calls.

4. Christine Hunt said the same witness said Erin was "respected" in the Facebook group and was known as a good researcher, describing her as a "super detective."

We expect today's evidence to begin at 10:30 a.m., when more witnesses will testify.

Patterson, 50, who served in his house in Leongatha, Victoria in July 2023, faces three counts of murder and one attempted murder charge in connection with a Wellington Beef Lunch.

She is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and the aunt of her estranged husband, Heather Wilkinson. The attempted murder charge is linked to Heather's husband Ian.

She pleaded not guilty to the charges. The defense case was an incident or an accident, and Patterson never intended to hurt her lunch guests.