7 h. ago A life saved and what Erin Patterson allegedly confided to friends: week four of the mushroom lunch trial

Sole surviving lunch guest watches on as Victorian supreme court hears how hospital staff ‘thought he was going to die’ from death cap mushroom poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Ian Wilkinson sat in the Victorian supreme court, only metres from the woman accused of trying to murder him, as one of the men who helped save his life gave evidence.Prof Stephen Warrillow, the director of intensive care at Austin Health, had already spoken about the deaths of three people from death cap mushroom poisoning and the particular characteristics of their illnesses; “rapidly progressive deterioration”, the organ failure and of it being “non-survivable”. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Woman staged twisted sex crime before killing friend with plastic bag

María Ángeles Molina, known as Angi, murdered her friend, fashion designer Ana Páez, in a rented apartment in Barcelona before going on to steal her identity and life insurance cash

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28 h. ago Beth Martin's husband accused of POISONING her before ordered to carry her body

Mother-of-two Beth Martin, 28, died while on holiday in Turkey and her family said an autopsy revealed her heart was taken out - her husband Luke even said he was accused of poisoning her

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56 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Death cap mushroom internet searches found on computer seized from Patterson's home, murder trial jury hears

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56 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Death cap mushroom search terms found on computer seized from Patterson's home, murder trial jury hears

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3 d. ago 'Death mushrooms' found in 'seeping brown bag' after woman 'poisoned ex husband family'

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after she served meals of beef Wellington, mashed potato and green beans at her home.

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3 d. ago 'Death mushrooms' found in 'seeping' brown paper bag after woman 'poisoned ex husband family'

Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after she served meals of beef Wellington, mashed potato and green beans at her home

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson's nine

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence casts doubt on phone records after Patterson's device was pinged in death cap mushroom hotspot

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Expert says Patterson's phone was detected near death cap sites

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3 d. ago Woman jailed over what officers found in her bag as she tried to board flight

Danielle Shields has been sentenced to 21 months behind bars after a Jersey court found she 'knew or strongly suspected' she was dealing with 'the proceeds of the sale of illegal drugs'

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson may have visited locations of death cap mushroom sightings, murder trial hears

Expert tells court that phone records show ‘potential’ for accused to have been in Outtrim and Loch days after reports of deadly fungi were posted onlineWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn analysis of Erin Patterson’s mobile phone records revealed she may have visited two locations soon after death cap mushroom sightings were reported, a court has heard.Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to the lunch she served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, about 135km south-east of Melbourne.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson visited area with death cap mushrooms a day after expert spotted deadly fungi, phone records indicate

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: mobile data shows Patterson’s device could have been in area where death cap mushrooms reportedly sighted

Australian woman, 50, faces three murder charges and one charge of attempted murder over lethal mushroom lunch. Follow live updatesPatterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining McKenzie.She agrees she removed and disposed of every death cap mushroom she could find when she spotted the mushrooms. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: witness posted location of death cap mushrooms to citizen science website

Australian woman, 50, faces three murder charges and one charge of attempted murder over lethal mushroom lunch. Follow live updatesPatterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining McKenzie.She agrees she removed and disposed of every death cap mushroom she could find when she spotted the mushrooms. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago What the Erin Patterson murder trial jury was told this week that you NEVER heard about

Erin Patterson claims she ate half of a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms at her deadly lunch. 

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8 d. ago 'I got Aldi Too Good To Go bag for £3.30 and what I found inside floored me'

A woman who bought a Too Good To Go bag from Aldi was left astounded when she opened up the £3.30 purchase and found much more than she expected inside the bag

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live: death cap mushroom toxin detected in beef wellington leftovers and dehydrator, toxicologist tells court

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesErin Patterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining Cripps.Stafford says Cripps is “not very clear” on what Patterson said about how much she ate at the lunch in July 2023. Cripps agrees.Is it your recollection that firstly she didn’t eat her entire portion?Yes. She indicated she didn’t eat it all. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson and her children tested negative to death cap mushroom toxins, murder trial hears

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: ‘probably impossible’ for death cap mushrooms to come from supermarket as they cannot be cultivated, expert tells trial

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialLawyer Sophie Stafford asks Dr Thomas May about incidents involving death cap mushroom poisoning.She points to a poisoning that was a subject of a Victorian coroner’s report from May 2024. Continue reading...

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