June 5 (UPI) -- The jury in the Erin Patterson mushroom meal murder trial was told Thursday it will likely be weeks before it ends as Patterson spent her fourth straight day on the witness stand.

The judge told jurors that the trial will probably continue for at least two more weeks after the prosecution began its cross-examination.

Patterson was first shown photos of mushrooms on scales that she agreed were taken in her home, and was then advised a mushroom expert identified the mushrooms were death cap mushrooms.

Patterson is alleged to have intentionally mixed the poisonous mushrooms into a meal of beef Wellington that she served to her estranged husband Simon Patterson's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, his aunt Heather Wilkinson and his uncle Ian Wilkinson for lunch in July of 2

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