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Erin Patterson seemed to be “reluctant” to what his guests rummaged through the pantry before the meal, said Ian Wilkinson during the trial.
INTERNATIONAL – « I don’t hold it against him ». Before an Australian court, the only victim who survived the meal based on toxic fungi prepared by Erin Patterson spoke within the framework of a preliminary hearing for the conviction of this 50 -year -old Australian, found guilty a month earlier as three murders after this poison that she continues to qualify as accidental.
Widowed after the death of his wife, poisoned by Phalloid amanites present in a Wellington beef concocted by Erin Patterson in July 2023, Ian Wilkinson has difficulty hidden his mourning during this two -day audience in Melbourne, this Monday, August 25. “” It is a truly horrible thought that someone can decide to take her life. I only feel half living without her “, He said during his first words at the helm.
On the day of the murder, he was present with his wife Heather Wilkinson, as well as the parents of the ex-husband of the accused, Simon. Heather Wilkinson was Simon’s mother’s mother, only absent during this fatal meal. He had preferred to decline the invitation because the relationship with his ex-wife deteriorated, due to a disagreement on a question of alimony.
Far from his private considerations, this pastor Baptiste therefore survived the poisonous mushrooms after a liver transplant and several long months of hospitalization. “It is one of the most distressing faults in our society that so much attention is given to those who do evil and so little to those who do good “, He also let go, as reported Sky News.
But if he admits being “Saddened that Ecrin acted with a cruel and calculated contempt for life and that of close (s) He claims not to blame him, preferring that she recognizes her actions. “” I encourage Erin to accept my offer of forgiveness for the wrongs that have been caused to me, with complete confession and repentance. I don’t hold it against him. »
« She became the victim of my kindness ”
Previously, Ian wondered about the reasons for this gesture, carried out in a context of strong tension with the husband of Erin: ” What madness can have a person who thinks that murder could be the solution to their problems, especially when it comes to people who only have good intentions towards him? »
“I am no longer the victim of Erin Patterson and she became the victim of my kindness”he added with a striking hindsight on the case that upset his life. Poisoning was a « terrible accident »had declared Erin’s lawyer said during the trial. “She did not deliberately do it. She did not do it intentionally ”.
For his part, Simon Patterson, Erin’s ex-husband, preferred to entrust the bar the impact that this drama had had on their two children. “The sad reality is that they live in an irreparably broken home with only one single parent, while almost everyone knows that their mother murdered their grandparents”he said in a read read in his name.
It must be said that the mother is now very likely to be very big with this meal, which cost three people life: a prison sentence for each of the murders and 25 years additional for attempted murder on Ian. As the British media specifies, Erin Patterson can still call on his conviction, but has not yet made his choice.