1 week ago Meet the Americans obsessed with Australia’s mushroom murder trial

For Paul Harvel and his loyal viewers, Erin Patterson’s trial is not just a fascinating court case, but a window into small-town Australia and the country’s legal system.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial day 26 as it happened: Mushroom cook says fear of estranged husband’s actions led to phone resets; details dumping food dehydrator at local tip after fatal lunch

Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.

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1 week ago Court hears evidence from alleged mushroom cook: Erin Patterson trial day 24 as it happened

Erin Patterson, who is accused of murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained death cap mushrooms, is giving evidence. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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2 w. ago Protester interrupts mushroom lunch trial, accuses judge of cover

A man wearing a T-shirt with the words “give truth a chance” was escorted from the Supreme Court after disrupting the murder trial of Erin Patterson.

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3 w. ago ‘I want nothing to do with them’: Facebook messages from account allegedly linked to Erin Patterson criticise in

Online messages sent to a chat group from an account allegedly linked to Erin Patterson showed she told her friends that Simon Patterson was a “deadbeat” father, and his parents “a lost cause”, a year before the fatal lunch.

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3 w. ago Council officer tells court he scoured grocers for mushrooms after people fell ill

A council officer has told a court he searched Asian grocery stores across south-east Melbourne in an attempt to identify the source of a suspected outbreak of mushroom-related “illness”.

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3 w. ago ‘She feels unwell, she’s got this pain’: Nurse tells court of treating Erin Patterson in hospital

A nurse has described the moments after Erin Patterson arrived at a Gippsland hospital, explaining that she complained about feeling ill days after a lunch she served containing mushrooms.

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3 w. ago ‘Death cap’ internet search made on laptop seized from Erin Patterson’s home, court told

An internet search for a death cap mushroom sighting was made on a device connected to Erin Patterson, a court has heard.

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3 w. ago Death cap webpage accessed on computer seized from Erin Patterson’s home, court told

An internet page listing a death cap mushroom sighting was made on a device connected to Erin Patterson, a court has heard.

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