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FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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In a statement provided to news.com.au, a spokesperson for Western Health said it is “committed to providing patient-centred, high-quality care and safety and wellbeing of our patients is our top priority”.

“For privacy reasons we will not comment on individual patients in response to media inquiries.”



Yeah I bet the incompetent shitheads dont wanna make a comment..
 
And the trial, had a day off yesterday

Dr Tom May, a mycologist or fungi specialist, has taken to the witness box.
He told the court the scientific name for death cap mushrooms is amanita phalloides.
“Amanita is a particular group of mushrooms and phallodies is a particular species within that group,” he said.
Dr May said while not all amanitas were poisonous, most of them were.
The court heard death cap mushrooms grew from “fine threads” within the soil, which were connected to the roots of living trees, particularly oak trees.
He said death cap mushrooms were “relatively short-lived”.
“They would not last longer than a couple of weeks when they’re sitting in the field,” he said.
The court heard death cap mushrooms were exotic to Australia, having originated overseas.
Dr May said it was likely “accidentally introduced” to Australia and was first reported in Melbourne in the 1970s.
 
Dr Varuna Ruggoo, who also treated Erin after she was admitted to Monash Medical Centre, is now giving evidence.
She said the presumed poisoning was believed to be death cap mushrooms, but there was no evidence of liver toxicity after an analysis of her blood tests and vital signs.
“She was able to be discharged from a toxicity point of view,” she said.
“Her liver function tests were within normal limits.”
Dr Ruggoo said she reviewed Erin about midday on August 1.
She said Erin told her she had not experienced any abdominal pain, diarrhoea or nausea that morning.
 
When asked by Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC what Erin attributed her symptoms to, Dr Muldoon said Erin was “under the impression it was food poisoning … from a home-cooked meal of beef wellington”.
She said Erin told her she used dried dehydrated mushrooms – “possibly shiitake or porcini mushrooms” – she had purchased from a Chinese grocery store from either Oakleigh or Glen Waverley.
Dr Muldoon said Erin told her she no longer had the packaging and there were no mushrooms left.
She said Erin also denied the use of wild or foraged mushrooms.
 
It has Geelong v Richmond listed as first of the round, so I'm assuming it may be the Thursday night.

But that's just an assumption...


I hope its at night so the dickhead can't play
I don't think that game will he Thursday night. Unless Richmond go on a winning streak!
 

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Q: I'm struggling with the concept of reasonable doubt and how it applies in this case. What is the bar (no pun intended) for reasonable doubt? Do the jury get any training, advice, or direction on what equates to reasonable doubt? - Maria

The jury got some limited instructions at the start of the trial, and they'll get some really detailed instructions at the end once all the evidence and the closing arguments are done, but in summary, Justice Christopher Beale told the jury that if Erin Patterson is to be found guilty, the charges have to be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Now that is described as the highest standard of proof that our law demands. Being 'probably guilty' or 'very likely' doesn't quite cut it.

It's kind of vague what it means, but the jury is told to use their common sense.

It doesn't have to be 100 per cent watertight when they look at all of the elements, but if they add them all up and it all points one way, then it's beyond reasonable doubt.
 

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It doesn't have to be 100 per cent watertight when they look at all of the elements, but if they add them all up and it all points one way, then it's beyond reasonable doubt.
I think if you add all the elements up, then it is beyond reasonable doubt.

The important lie for me that she told was about where she got the mushrooms. She not only lied to the police, which could be explained away that she panicked. She also lied at the hospital. If she was innocent, there would be no reason to lie there.
 
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