4 d. ago Islamic preacher tells court he ‘never set out to insult Jews’

Wissam Haddad has fronted the Federal Court over his controversial sermons on social media, which Australia’s peak Jewish body says are antisemitic.

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5 d. ago ‘Are you making this up?’: Accused killer mushroom cook confronted by prosecutor

On her sixth day in the witness box, Erin Patterson was quizzed about how much beef Wellington she ate, the plates she served it on, the leftovers found in her bin, and her claims of feeling unwell.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE updates: Mushroom cook says fear of estranged husband’s actions led to phone resets; details dumping food dehydrator at local tip after fatal lunch

A hospital confrontation saw Erin Patterson’s estranged husband question if she “poisoned my parents” with a dehydrator, sparking fear and the subsequent disposal of her dehydrator.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE: Accused killer to give evidence in her own murder trial

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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1 week ago ‘No one’s been telling me anything’: Lead detective recalls visit to Erin Patterson’s home after mushroom lunch

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Lead detective returns to witness box in mushroom case

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died in hospitals in the days after a mushroom lunch meal. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder. Follow our live updates from the trial.

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3 w. ago ‘I want nothing to do with them’: Facebook messages from account allegedly linked to Erin Patterson criticise in

Online messages sent to a chat group from an account allegedly linked to Erin Patterson showed she told her friends that Simon Patterson was a “deadbeat” father, and his parents “a lost cause”, a year before the fatal lunch.

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3 w. ago Council officer tells court he scoured grocers for mushrooms after people fell ill

A council officer has told a court he searched Asian grocery stores across south-east Melbourne in an attempt to identify the source of a suspected outbreak of mushroom-related “illness”.

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3 w. ago ‘She feels unwell, she’s got this pain’: Nurse tells court of treating Erin Patterson in hospital

A nurse has described the moments after Erin Patterson arrived at a Gippsland hospital, explaining that she complained about feeling ill days after a lunch she served containing mushrooms.

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