12 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE updates: Accused ‘lied’ to multiple people, and repeatedly changed her story on sourcing mushrooms, prosecutor tells jury

Prosecutor Nanette Rogers, SC, is arguing to the jury that accused killer Erin Patterson faked a cancer diagnosis to her lunch guests and deliberately deviated from a beef Wellington recipe.

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65 h. ago A garden tour, small talk and an illness confession. The mushroom lunch according to Erin Patterson

The accused mushroom cook killer says the deaths of her guests were a terrible accident and from beginning to end police have misconstrued events that led to their deaths.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson trial recap: What happened on each day of the death cap mushroom case

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Accused denies lying about feeding beef Wellington lunch leftovers to kids; evidence of visit to iNaturalist death

Accused killer Erin Patterson has returned to the witness box after lunch for further cross-examination from prosecutor Nanette Rogers, SC. She has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial day 28 as it happened: Prosecutor suggests accused mushroom cook didn’t love her in

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson has returned to the witness box on day 28 of her murder trial in the regional town of Morwell. Follow our rolling coverage.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Prosecutor suggests accused mushroom cook didn’t love her in

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson has returned to the witness box on day 28 of her murder trial in the regional town of Morwell. Follow our rolling coverage.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Accused mushroom says she realised foraged mushrooms could be in beef Wellington, but told no one

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson has returned to the witness box on day 28 of her murder trial in the regional town of Morwell. Follow our rolling coverage.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Accused mushroom cook’s evidence on fatal beef Wellington lunch continues

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson will return to the witness box on day 28 of her murder trial in the regional town of Morwell. Follow our rolling coverage.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Accused killer asked about her ‘so

Erin Patterson has denied telling her lunch guests on July 29, 2023, that she had a cancer diagnosis. Follow our live coverage.

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1 week ago An estranged husband’s blunt question: ‘Did you poison my parents?’

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has told a jury the accusation she poisoned her lunch guests was wrong, but it sent her into a spiral of fear in which she made a series of stupid decisions.

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1 week ago An estranged husband’s blunt question: ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has told a jury the accusation she poisoned her lunch guests was wrong, but it sent her into a spiral of fear in which she made a series of stupid decisions.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson trial recap: What happened on every day of the death cap mushroom case

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE: Accused killer to give evidence in her own murder trial

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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2 w. ago ‘No one’s been telling me anything’: Lead detective recalls visit to Erin Patterson’s home after mushroom lunch

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Lead detective returns to witness box in mushroom case

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson trial briefing: What happened on every day of the death cap mushroom case

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.

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2 w. ago Shopping list, health chats, missing mobile: Police lay out investigation into mushroom cook

Police dug into Erin Patterson’s bank records, shopping history and phone records as part of their probe into a lunch that killed three of her guests, a court has heard.

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2 w. ago ‘They’re the only family that I’ve got’: Mushroom cook Erin Patterson explained lunch invitation

During her police interview, the alleged mushroom killer cook said she loved her in-laws.

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3 w. ago As lunch guests lay dying, health officer hunted for suspect mushrooms

A suburban council health officer spent days scouring grocers in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs for repackaged dried mushrooms feared to have poisoned Erin Patterson’s lunch guests.

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3 w. ago Erin Patterson trial recap: Major talking points from every day of the death cap mushroom case

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.

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