73 m. ago Nine key questions could decide beef Wellington 'poisoner' Erin Patterson's fate

Erin Patterson has been accused of intentionally poisoning several family members and her eight-day cross-examination in the murder trial has come to an end

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29 h. ago Footage of Hainault sword attacker slashing at police shown to court

Footage of Metropolitan Police officers being attacked by an alleged killer with a sword has been shown to the jury in the Daniel Anjorin murder trial.

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34 h. ago Footage of Hainualt sword attacker slashing at police shown to court

Footage of Metropolitan Police officers being attacked by an alleged killer with a sword has been shown to the jury in the Daniel Anjorin murder trial.

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37 h. ago Inside the chilling trial of Graham Dwyer as new true crime documentary revisits murder case

A new true crime documentary explores the chilling trial of Graham Dwyer, revisiting the infamous murder that shocked the people of Ireland

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38 h. ago Tears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness box

Triple murder accused finishes giving evidence in seventh week of mushroom lunch trialWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?It was 12.40pm on Thursday, and Erin Patterson was striding from the witness box to the dock.“Just wait there, Ms Patterson,” Justice Christopher Beale said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Closing arguments: Is Karen Read's murder trial a tale of love gone wrong or a police coverup?

Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments after weeks of testimony

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45 h. ago Moment 'killer' attacks police officers with samurai sword as they try to arrest him after schoolboy was slashed to death in street

This is the horrifying moment police officers were attacked by a man with a sword, in footage which was shown to the jury at the Daniel Anjorin murder trial. 

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49 h. ago Father played with his phone as police quizzed him over baby's brain injuries, murder trial hears

Thomas Holford, now 24, is accused of killing Everleigh Stroud following an incident at a home in Ramsgate, Kent on April 21, 2021.

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58 h. ago Erin Patterson denies all charges as triple murder trial testimony concludes

Accused maintains fatal mushroom lunch unintentional

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65 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: evidence concludes in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial after weeks of testimony from witnesses

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC turns to evidence about factory resets performed on the mobile referred to as “Phone B”. The court previously heard four resets – one in February 2023 and three in August 2023 – were performed on the phone that Erin Patterson provided to police during the search on 5 August 2023. Rogers says one of these resets were done when she was left alone to call a lawyer while police searched Patterson’s Leongatha home. Patterson rejects this and says she phoned a lawyer at 2pm. Rogers says Patterson performed the three factory resets after the lunch to “conceal” the contents on Phone B. Patterson rejects this. Rogers then turns to her final points in the cross-ex...

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3 d. ago Man tracked down his wife after she fled home and stabbed her 26 times as she pushed their baby in pram, murder trial told

Kulsuma Akter was 27 and from Oldham

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is accused of purposely keeping her kids away from the fatal lunch

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's desperate 'rabbit hole' defense blasted in court filing

Prosecutors in Idaho have fired back at Bryan Kohberger's 11th-hour attempt to delay his capital murder trial, furiously responding: 'It is time.'

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4 d. ago ITV Emmerdale icon's tipped return to 'save' Tracy Robinson from John Sugden

Emmerdale viewers are convinced that a soap legend is set to make a return as Tracy Robinson's murder trial looms, with fans convinced John Sugden will make a comeback.

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4 d. ago Medics tell court how toddler allegedly murdered by grandparents was injured

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was desperately ill when he arrived at hospital and doctors operated with little hope of saving him

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4 d. ago ‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross

Patterson also tells triple murder trial she’s ‘puzzled’ clinic she says she had an appointment for a gastric bypass with offers no such surgeryWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson says she is “puzzled” that a clinic in which she said she had an appointment for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery, and denies lying about making herself vomit in the hours immediately after the beef wellington lunch, a court has heard.In her sixth day in the witness box, Patterson was repeatedly asked under cross-examination by prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC whether she was lying about the deadly lunch and other parts of her evidence before her triple-murder trial. Continue reading...

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

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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5 d. ago What happened to Sade Robinson? How a teen’s murder is fueling demand for change

When 19-year-old Sade Robinson didn't show up for her shift at a pizza joint in April 2024, her co-workers suspected something was wrong. Robinson had gone out on a first date the night before – but never returned home. Andrea Cavallier takes a look back at the tragic case as her killer is found guilty of her murder

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