Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live

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Rogers says Patterson made “bald-faced lies” to her in-laws about her medical appointments.

“She knew how to tell convincing lies when it came to the cancer because she had put in the research,” she says.