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On Trial Australia

Inside Australia"s biggest and most gripping trials - the evidence, witness testimony and every update - as it unfolds before a jury. Join Nine"s Penelope Liersch & The Age"s Erin Pearson as they bring you real-time reporting from cases that have Australia, and the world, talking.

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37:02

Erin Patterson's final words

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/13

During the accused killer's final hours on the stand, more questions are raised around gastric bypass surgery and an 11th hour bid for a fresh police statement challenges her account. Erin Patterson also maintains she fed fatal lunch leftovers to her children, and answers three final accusations from the prosecution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:33

Gastric sleeve and “two faces”

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/11

The accused disputes claims she was never sick. She is also pressed on possible weight loss surgery and if she has “two faces”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:40

'You thought the lunch guests would die’

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/05

During cross examination, Erin Patterson denies telling relatives she had cancer. She also denies ever thinking her cancer lie could remain a secret because her lunch guests would be dead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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33:33

‘I just panicked’

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/04

Erin Patterson gives evidence that she began to think foraged mushrooms she’d dried in the weeks before the lunch could have ended up in the meal. Telling the court her estranged husband asked if she'd used her dehydrator to poison his parents - and that she panicked, dumping the kitchen appliance and resetting a phone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27:58

Foraging for tasty mushrooms

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/03

The accused killer tells the jury she loved mushrooms and developed an interest in foraging for them during covid lockdowns. She admits there must have been death cap mushrooms in the meal she served.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:46

The accused killer speaks

On Trial Australia ·

2025/06/02

Erin Patterson gives evidence. The accused killer chokes back tears as she recalls a “traumatic birth”. She describes her mother in-law as patient and supportive and reveals she wanted to convert Simon Patterson to atheism before her own spiritual experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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23:07

Subway CCTV and police expenses

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/30

The lead investigator is quizzed on exactly what CCTV from the evening of the fatal lunch shows. He also tells the jury, pulling all of the accused killer’s phone records was too expensive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:08

A missing phone and lunch shopping

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/29

The lead detective continues his evidence cataloguing phones connected to the accused killer, noting one has never been found. Erin Patterson’s shopping receipts and medical records are also shown to the jury.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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33:18

The police interview

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/27

The jury watches a police interview with the accused killer. When asked why she hosted her ex partner’s family for lunch, Erin Patterson replies ‘I love them’ and denies owning a food dehydrator. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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39:17

Texts with an accused killer

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/27

A public health official tells the court she had trouble reaching Erin Patterson on the phone as she tried to find the source of the poisoning. The jury hears the pair exchanged text messages and a digital forensics officer faces questions from the defence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:14

The fight for life

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/27

An intensive care specialist tells the court how doctors fought to save the four lunch guests' lives, and recalls how close Ian Wilkinson came to death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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32:59

'I want nothing to do with them’

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/22

Facebook messages discovered on a phone found in Erin Patterson’s home are read to the jury, calling Simon Patterson a ‘deadbeat’ and his parents ‘a lost cause’. The court is also shown photos of mushrooms in a dehydrator and screenshots of cancer information, taken from a tablet police say was seized from Patterson’s home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:53

Death cap webpage

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/21

The jury is shown internet history taken from devices seized from Erin Patterson's home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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20:33

Cell tower expert challenged and servo CCTV played

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/21

A phone tower expertanswersdozens of questions about the limitations of mobilephonerecords.Service stationfootageisalsoplayed to the jury,showing theaccused killer visiting atoilet area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:41

Phone pings and deaths cap sightings

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/20

A phone tower expert says Erin Patterson’s mobile possibly pinged in the same areas where death cap mushrooms were sighted. A poisons expert tells the jury she posted about death caps in Gippsland in the months before the lunch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:11

Toxic test result and a bestselling cookbook

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/16

A forensic expert tells the jury mushroom toxins were found in leftovers seized from the fatal lunch. Another witness says Erin Patterson told her she cooked up the beef Wellington using the help of the RecipeTin Eats cookbook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:09

Juror 84

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/15

In this bonus episode, the courthearsa juror in the murder trialisdismissed over concerns they may have discussed the case with friends and family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:51

A dumped dehydrator

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/15

A second fungi expert gives evidence that she found no pieces of death cap mushrooms in a beef wellington sample. The jury has also been played cctv from a Gippsland rubbish tip and shown photos of a food dehydrator recovered from a bin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:25

Amanita phalloides

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/14

A mushroom expert gives the jury a lesson on Amanita Phalloides, the scientific name for death cap mushrooms. In his evidence the mycologist also recalls posting on a website photos and a location, showing where the deadly fungi were growing in Gippsland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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26:26

The children’s evidence

On Trial Australia ·

2025/05/11

In this episode, Simon and Erin Patterson’s children give evidence. Both say they ate meat they believed was lunch leftovers. The son then recalls how he and his mother spotted a mushroom growing in the local botanic gardens during a pandemic walk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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