Christian Silva

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724 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 20 Aug

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The Case Of · Mushroom Lunch: Convicted murderer Erin Patterson’s appeal kicks off · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

And that witness ended up being Erin Patterson herself.

So they're saying it's part of the reason.

that she was, uh, in their words, compelled to take the stand.

And obviously

When she did take the stand uh or step into the witness box, as our listeners will remind us, is the correct terminology.

When she did step into the witness box, um she was cross-examined at length and was put under real pressure.

That's pretty much it.

Um, Veronica Drago said it compromised her right to silence.

And and this um got the attention of the judges.

Um Leslie Taylor, one of the other ones, was pressing um Drago on this and saying, So are you saying that because of this situation

Um, this is the reason why Patterson had to step into the the witness box and and Drago had to walk it back a little bit and say,

Um, look, it was um she was compelled to talk about this topic, but but to say that it was solely the reason why she had to step into the witness box is a step too far.

And anyone who remembers the trial

will recall how complex the timelines were, how many different topics were explored around this lunch, you know, what people were doing and afterwards.

So uh I think, you know, it's it's pretty obvious that Aaron Patterson

explained her side of things on lots of topics a and this um

idea of her having an interest in foraging was only just one of those many topics that she ended up addressing uh in the witness box.

Broadly, it was that um Nanette Rogers, the prosecutor at the time, asked repetitive questions.

And and the point Richard Edney was trying to make was that it was

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