13 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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17 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Inside doctors' race to save the guests at fatal mushroom lunch: 'This was not survivable'

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19 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: How accused allegedly branded her husband a 'deadbeat' and his parents a 'lost cause'

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30 h. ago Murder accused Richard Satchwell was ‘controlling and obsessive’, court told

Tina Satchwell’s half sister told the Central Criminal Court that Satchwell always wanted to know where his wife was and who she spoke to.

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37 h. ago ‘Sick of this’: Erin Patterson told friends she wanted ‘nothing to do’ with in

Victorian supreme court shown Facebook messages in which murder accused vents frustration at estranged husband’s parents Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson told a Facebook group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” and said she wanted “nothing to do” with her parents-in-law, according to messages shown in a Victorian court.Messages written by the user Erin Erin Erin, which the court has previously heard was one of three Facebook names used by Patterson, also included saying she was ““sick of this shit” and “fuck em” about the parents of her estranged husband Simon. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson's group messages about her estranged husband and his family are read aloud to murder trial jury: 'I swear to God'

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41 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson's response after she was asked to bring her kids to hospital is revealed to murder trial jury

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44 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Digital forensics expert tells court what was found on computer seized from Patterson's home

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62 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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63 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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67 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer's list of purchases at a service station a day after deadly lunch is revealed to jury

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2 d. ago Boyfriend accused of shooting his microbiologist girlfriend dead and leaving a trail of blood to her remains

Michael Dutkiewitcz, 26, has been charged with murder in the death of his 25-year-old girlfriend Alyssa Wiest

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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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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 mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury hears Patterson should have suffered 'adverse outcome'

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7 d. ago Mushroom lunch leftovers examined and a juror removed: how week three of the Erin Patterson murder trial unfolded

Australian jury asked to consider if murder accused was pretending to be sick after lunch that killed three in-lawsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The mushroom paste was contained in a vial about 2cm wide and 5cm high, with the exhibit name EX X1 Z13.The paste was taken from inside a beef wellington, which in turn was taken from inside a paper bag found in a wheelie bin outside Erin Patterson’s home. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Legal team queries test results of fatal lunch leftovers

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson's legal team queries test results of fatal lunch leftovers

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