55 h. ago The signs Erin Patterson killed the mother she loathed: CANDACE SUTTON reveals the horrifying police suspicions hanging over the mushroom murderer that couldn't be revealed... until now

When Victoria Police investigated Erin Patterson over the mushroom poisoning deaths, they considered the possibility that she might have been a serial killer, not merely a triple-murderer.

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4 d. ago Pam Bondi fired him for prosecuting January 6 rioters. He’d do it again: ‘it’s about justice’

After volunteering to take on cases, Mike Gordon became known as a skilled litigator who took on high profile defendantsWhen he showed up to work on 27 June, Mike Gordon was having one of the best weeks of his career.Gordon, a federal prosecutor in Tampa, had spent the last month working on a complex case involving allegations that well-known businessman Leo Govoni stole $100m from a fund for children with special needs. That Monday, the US attorney for the middle district of Florida held a press conference announcing an indictment in the case. On Wednesday, Gordon had his semi-annual performance review and received the top rating: outstanding. On Thursday, he appeared on behalf of the government in court and successfully convinced a judge that Govoni should remain in jail until his trial. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Top US diplomat in Brazil summoned to foreign ministry over Bolsonaro trial comments

US embassy in Brazil made social media post accusing high court judge of persecuting former president, who is now on trial for alleged coup attemptBrazil’s foreign ministry has summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy posted comments about the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.On Thursday, the embassy published a social media post in Portuguese criticising supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the cases against Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson's chilling mushroom poison Facebook post before killing family

Prosecutors wanted to use digital records showing Patterson's post on a Facebook group about her cat eating a poisonous mushroom - despite her not having one - in her trial

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6 d. ago Baby killer Constance Marten compares prosecutors to Harry Potter Dementors in prison diatribe

Constance Marten has complained about her treatment during her Old Bailey manslaughter trial

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6 d. ago Australian mushroom murderer 'served poisoned pasta, chicken curry and wrap to her husband'

Simon Patterson kept a spreadsheet of his illnesses the court heard he suffered after eating his estranged wife's cooking

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson trial: Judge lifts gag order on new evidence the jury didn’t see

Erin Patterson’s husband says he feared estranged wife would poison him

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6 d. ago Australian mushroom murderer 'also tried to poison her HUSBAND with pasta, a chicken curry and a sandwich wrap'

A jury last month found Erin Patterson lured her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Don Patterson and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, to lunch at her home and poisoned them.

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6 d. ago Revealed at last: The dramatic footage of the very moment Erin Patterson sealed her fate as she told lie after lie to detectives

It was the moment Erin Patterson had been dreading in the years leading up to her epic murder trial. 

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6 d. ago Judge lifts gag order in mushroom poison trial to reveal new evidence the jury didn’t see

Erin Patterson’s husband says he feared estranged wife would poison him

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6 d. ago What the jury wasn't allowed to hear in the Erin Patterson trial: suspicions and mystery illnesses

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was liftedFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cookErin Patterson’s hospital visit – and what the beef wellingtons really looked like: mushroom murder exhibits revealedSimon Patterson told his father, Don, and other family members that he suspected his estranged wife, Erin Patterson, had been trying to poison him before she invited his parents and his aunt and uncle to a fatal beef wellington lunch, according to evidence heard in a pre-trial hearing.One argument heard in court, but not able to be revealed to the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, involved police suspicions that she might have previously used rat poison in an alleged attempt to kill Simon.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Husband suspected wife of poisoning him before she killed 3 relatives with toxic mushrooms

An Australian court has heard a husband suspected his wife of poisoning him over a year before she murdered three of his relatives with toxic mushrooms

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6 d. ago What the jury wasn't told about Erin Patterson: Husband reveals how she made him four 'poisonous' meals that left him gravely ill

Erin Patterson 's estranged husband knew his wife was dangerous long before the fateful lunch that claimed the lives of his parents and aunt.

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8 d. ago Luigi Mangione allowed laptop in prison ahead of murder trial: judge

Mangione’s attorneys want accued killer to be able to prepare for upcoming CEO murder trial

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1 week ago Pam Bondi escalates potential criminal charges for Obama officials involved in 'Russia hoax' with bombshell grand jury order

A grand jury will be gathered to hear the latest evidence as part of criminal referrals for inception of the Russia collusion 'hoax.' 

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1 week ago Watch the critical video evidence used to convict mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson

CCTV footage shows Patterson visiting Koonwarra transfer station in rural Victoria on August 2, 2023, four days after she served four guests a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.

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3 w. ago Sole survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch makes first public appearance since triple murderer Erin Patterson was found guilty

Ian Wilkinson was spotted in public for the first time since Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three people.

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4 w. ago An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder case

An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case

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