Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Rolling updates as Erin Patterson tells murder trial her side of the story following fatal beef Wellington lunch

Patterson on Wednesday told the jury she spoke about her health with her lunch guests ‘right at the end of the meal’.

‘I mentioned I had an issue a year or two earlier where I feared I had ovarian cancer,’ she said.

‘I’m not proud of this but I led them to believe that I might need some treatment for that over the next weeks and months, I did (mislead them).

‘They all showed a lot of compassion about that and then we saw Simon’s car driving into the driveway, so Ian said why don’t we pray for Erin and that’s what we did.’

Patterson said she was embarrassed and ashamed that she didn’t have control over her body or what she ate.

‘I lied, I was ashamed, I was embarrassed, I shouldn’t have lied to them,’ she said tearfully.

Patterson said the conversation with Simon made her think about all the times she had used the dehydrator and dried foraged mushrooms with it weeks earlier.

‘What if they got in the container with the Chinese mushrooms,’ she said.

‘Maybe that had happened, I was thinking maybe that’s how this all…’

Patterson said after she dumped the dehydrator at the tip she felt ‘scared and responsible’.

‘I just felt really scared,’ she said.

‘I was frantic, people had got sick.’

Patterson said she got the dehydrator and then drove to the Koonwarra Transfer Station tip (pictured).

The jury heard the dehydrator was located and seized by police.

Debris found within the appliance tested postive for death cap mushrooms.

On Wednesday, Patterson told the jury she spoke to estranged husband Simon Patterson (pictured) on August 2.

She said she had a conversation with the kids about why they were at the hospital, and why everyone else was unwell.

Patterson said there was concerns her lunch had made people unwell.

Patterson explained how she had previously used a dehydrator to dry mushrooms.

‘(Simon) said to me “is that how you poisoned my parents using that dehydrator?”‘ Patterson said while sobbing in court.

‘I said “of course not”.’

Erin Patterson in the witness box has been a big-ticket item as far as members of the public are concerned.

Since Tuesday morning huge lines to get into Morwell Court – a small regional courthouse about two hours east of Melbourne – have formed with people eager to see Patterson give evidence in her own trial.

The increased interest has meant many people hoping to get in have to arrive early and queue up for a chance of getting into the cramped courtroom 4 where the murder trial has been taking place for more than six weeks.

Erin Patterson will resume giving evidence in her murder trial shortly after today’s proceedings kick off at 10.30am.

Lead defence barrister Colin Mandy SC is expected to finish questioning his client before the prosecution lead by Dr Nanette Rogers SC (pictured) will have an opportunity to cross-examine the accused killer.