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18 h. ago ‘The perfect dish for them’: Erin Patterson explains why she included dried mushrooms in fatal lunch

Triple-murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continuesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is accused of purposely keeping her kids away from the fatal lunch

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19 h. ago Erin Patterson denies foraging death cap mushrooms hours before buying food dehydrator, murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells Victorian supreme court that she thought beef wellingtons were ‘the perfect dish’ for dried mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer chef faces her sixth day on the witness stand

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5 d. ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson reveals messages she 'regrets' sending about lunch guests

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is quizzed over single word she used to describe her husband

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Murder accused to be grilled under cross

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson is grilled under cross

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson forced to respond to accusation she weighed death cap mushrooms to work out fatal dose ahead of beef Wellington lunch, court hears

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7 d. ago 'Mushroom poisoner' mum's astonishing explanation for fatal family lunch

Erin Patterson is on trial for murder after allegedly serving a dish containing toxic death cap mushrooms to her in-laws and their 66-year-old sister in Victoria in July 2023

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson tells triple murder trial she knew foraged mushrooms may have ended up in fatal lunch

Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning relatives says she threw out food dehydrator and reset phone fearing they could link her to death cap mushrooms

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7 d. ago ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing itWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?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.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight loss surgery.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson details the day of the deadly beef Wellington lunch in her own words

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7 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson tells court she felt ‘scared, responsible’ after husband asked if she poisoned his parents using dehydrator

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow liveErin Patterson explains health lies, food issues and how she made mushroom lunch as murder trial continuesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson says it was ‘a possibility’ foraged mushrooms were in containerMandy turns to preparations for the meal.I cooked that for a very long time.You’ve got to get almost all of the water out so it won’t turn your pastry soggy.I decided to put in the dried mushrooms which I bought from the grocer which I still had in the pantry. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson reveals she threw up after eating several pieces of cake following the fatal beef Wellington lunch

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson tells of emergency highway toilet stop involving a doggy bag after eating her beef Wellington

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson reveals how she decided on the 'special' meal ahead of the fatal lunch

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson denies foraging for death cap mushrooms as she takes the stand for a third straight day

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