16 h. ago ‘Better scared than dead’: Doctor’s urgent warning to accused mushroom killer

When Erin Patterson mentioned her children had eaten leftover beef Wellington, a doctor warned against her reluctance to have them checked out.

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64 h. ago Erin Patterson told online friends her estranged husband was controlling and coercive, court told

The alleged mushroom cook killer also asked how to make beef Wellington in the weeks before the deadly lunch, members of a true crime chat group told the court on Monday.

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2 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: ‘I did not say that’: Simon Patterson denies accusing alleged mushroom killer of poisoning at hospital

Erin Patterson’s estranged husband Simon will continue providing evidence in her murder trial. Follow our live blog.

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2 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: ‘I foolishly trusted him’: The text message that laid bare alleged mushroom killer’s sense of financial betrayal

Erin Patterson’s estranged husband Simon will continue providing evidence in her murder trial. Follow our live blog.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Alleged mushroom killer’s estranged husband Simon Patterson returns to witness box

Erin Patterson’s estranged husband Simon will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Estranged husband Simon Patterson gives evidence on tense texts with wife, family rift over birthday invites and child support as mushroom cook case continues

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

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5 d. ago Erin ‘never actually asked’ about condition of lunch guests after meal, court hears: Trial day three, as it happened

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Family footage shown to court as alleged mushroom killer’s estranged husband, Simon Patterson, returns to the stand

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: Alleged mushroom killer’s estranged husband Simon Patterson returns to the stand for second day

Estranged husband Simon Patterson will continue providing evidence in the murder trial of Erin Patterson. Follow our live blog.

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6 d. ago ‘I’ve spent a small fortune on beef Wellingtons’: Erin Patterson’s texts revealed

Accused killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson urged her estranged husband to attend the fateful lunch because she’d spent “a small fortune” on eye fillet steak.

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7 d. ago Accused killer cook admits foraging for mushrooms, lying about dehydrator

What we learned about the prosecution’s case against the alleged killer mushroom cook on day one of the hotly anticipated trial.

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8 d. ago Accused mushroom cook killer has attempted murder charges dropped ahead of trial

Erin Patterson is facing trial after pleading not guilty over a fatal mushroom lunch, but jurors have been told that charges of attempting to kill her husband in the months before the fateful meal have been withdrawn.

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3 w. ago Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson appears in court

Patterson was seen arriving at the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday for a hearing ahead of her upcoming trial.

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