7 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Countdown to verdict as jury continues deliberations today

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25 h. ago Absence of motive evidence counts in Erin Patterson’s favour, jury told, as deliberations begin

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury retires to deliberate verdict after judge revealed 'ultimate issue' they needed to consider

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27 h. ago Erin Patterson jury begins deliberations as mushroom lunch trial enters 10th week

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Judge gives instruction jury must disregard major argument as trial hits final days

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4 d. ago Mushroom murder jury to decide Erin Patterson’s fate as judge outlines her ‘incriminating conduct’

Judge summarises evidence heard in marathon trial including Patterson lying about using dried mushrooms from an Asian grocery and handing police a secondary phone

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Judge tells jury to dismiss a major argument from the prosecution

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5 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson jury to begin deliberations after judge’s charge concludes on Monday

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s evidence about the dried mushrooms.He says Patterson said she realised on 2 August 2023 that she may have put foraged mushrooms in a Tupperware container including store-bought mushrooms that she used in the beef wellington. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 38

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s second alleged incriminating conduct - lying about where the dried mushrooms used in the beef wellingtons.The prosecution has labelled certain conduct as incriminating, meaning it is an implied admission of guilt, the court has heard. The defence has argued there are other innocent explanations for the conduct the prosecution relies on Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Judge wraps up his final instructions to the jury as the marathon trial enters its final days

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6 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveWe’re waiting for the jury to enter the court room in Morwell.In the meantime, here’s how the trial played out last week during closing submissions: Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Australia mushroom lunch trial live: Erin Patterson’s lies must not cause jury to ‘be prejudiced against her’, judge says

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal mushroom lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s evidence. He says Patterson had no obligation to give evidence in her trial.He says Patterson does not need to prove her innocence. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Accidental foraging, reasonable doubt and ‘lies upon lies’: Erin Patterson jury hears week of closing submissions in triple

Jurors must find accused not guilty if ‘reasonable possibility’ mushroom poisoning was an accident, defence says, while prosecution points to ‘calculated deception’What the Erin Patterson jury heard in the eighth week of her triple-murder trialColin Mandy SC, Erin Patterson’s barrister in her triple-murder trial, was into the final minute of a closing submission that spanned three days when he started repeating one phrase, almost like a mantra, over and over.It was the last time the jury would hear from anyone in the case other than Justice Christopher Beale, a coda after the prosecution’s closing argument and evidence from more than 50 witnesses. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury hears how Patterson loved and 'respected' her alleged victims as murder trial enters final days

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence argues there is an 'absence of motive' in Erin Patterson's murder trial as jury hears closing addresses

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