23 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: mushroom cook’s murder trial continues in Victoria’s supreme court

Victorian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Hello and welcome to Guardian Australia’s live coverage of the Erin Patterson trial, which is expected to restart at 10.30am this morning.Patterson is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson by feeding them a beef wellington dish allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. The lunch took place in the regional Victorian town of Leongatha, in Australia’s south-east. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Erin Patterson concocted cancer diagnosis to ensure children missed fatal mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have never recovered a phone used by Erin Patterson at the time of the deadly mushroom lunch, and another phone seized during their investigation was subject to a “remote factory reset” while they were searching her house, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson also told police she had never owned a food dehydrator nor dehydrated food, despite CCTV showing her dumping a dehydrator at a local tip, and forensic analysis later revealing it had her fingerprints, and contained traces of death cap mushrooms.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Erin Patterson used different plate to guests at deadly mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Erin Patterson weeps in court as prosecutor tells jury details of deadly mushroom lunch

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Erin Patterson to claim mushroom poisonings accidental as murder trial begins

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Erin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Former criminal justice worker, 34, is charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap 'after her ex boyfriend was injured in acid gang plot'

Former probation officer Paris Wilson, 34, is accused with plotting alongside a crime gang to throw sulfuric acid in Danny Cahalane's face

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47 h. ago Former criminal justice worker, 34, is charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap 'after her ex boyfriend was injured in acid gang plot'

Former probation officer Paris Wilson, 34, is accused with plotting alongside a crime gang to throw sulfuric acid in Danny Cahalane's face

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52 h. ago EastEnders fans spot 'huge blunder' in Teddy's plan to save Nicola Mitchell from murder charge

In tonight's episode of EastEnders - Teddy Mitchell was seen trying to save Nicola from being caught for the murder of Shireen - but fans have spotted a huge blunder in his plan

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54 h. ago A mom vanished after her nightshift at a bar. Cops now say the man she was seeing is her killer

Brett Huntley Keel, 37, of Pass Christian, Mississippi has been charged with murder in the death of 38-year-old Joyce Gomez

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58 h. ago Man appears in court on murder charge after death on Kilmarnock street

The 49-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with the death and appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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63 h. ago Beef Wellington poison accused cleared of three attempted murders of ex

Erin Patterson, 50, has had attempted murder charges against her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, dropped as the trial gets underway for the fatal poisonings of his family in Australia

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64 h. ago Erin Patterson no longer accused of attempting to kill husband as mushroom murders trial begins

Victorian supreme court judge tells jury that charges relating to Simon Patterson have been droppedElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe trial of Erin Patterson for allegedly murdering her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms has started in a Victorian court.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago What to know about the car ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival

A suspect has been charged with multiple counts of murder and police are continuing their investigation after 11 people were killed when an SUV plowed through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend

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3 d. ago Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital

A woman in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of a paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance

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3 d. ago Two victims in Idaho student murders almost went out again before killer crept into house, judge in Bryan Kohberger trial reveals

Suspect, 30, is charged with four counts of murder in the November 13, 2022 deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle

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3 d. ago Newly released texts reveal Idaho murder victims nearly left the house two hours before brutal killing

Suspect, 30, is charged with four counts of murder in the November 13, 2022 deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle

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3 d. ago Two people charged with murder after man was 'bundled into car and attacked'

Martin Shaw died aged 45 in November 2023

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3 d. ago Paramedic is stabbed to death by patient during routine call and now the suspect faces a murder charge

Shanetta Bossell had just been released on bond after she was arrested and charged with biting a police officer

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3 d. ago British lorry driver denies murdering wife after remains found at Co Cork home

Richard Satchwell, 58, is charged with the murder of Tina Satchwell in Youghal on March 20 2017.

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3 d. ago Jury in trial of murder accused Richard Satchwell to be sworn in

The 58-year-old, a truck driver originally from Leicester in England, is charged with the murder of his wife Tina in Youghal in Co Cork in 2017.

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