6 h. ago The mushroom murder trial: Bizarre case of a woman accused of killing her ex

Erin Patterson is on trial in Australia over the deaths of her estranged partner’s parents and aunt, Rachel Clun writes

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32 h. ago Australia mushroom murder trial judge tells jury to ignore lies in reaching verdict

Justice Christopher Beale tells jurors they must decide whether Erin Patterson is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt: ‘This is a court of law, not a court of morals’

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6 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: defence set to conclude closing address in murder trial of Erin Patterson

Accused, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder over a beef wellington lunch she served to in-lawsMandy says the prosecution argued Patterson’s phone records showed she did not simply go home and then return to the hospital after she discharged herself.Prosecution said the records were consistent with Paterson travelling south-west of Leongatha. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence wraps up its case as marathon murder trial enters its final days

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence rubbishes claim Patterson 'wanted to kill' her estranged husband as 'absurd'

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury hears how Patterson loved and 'respected' her alleged victims as murder trial enters final days

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence gives closing arguments as murder trial enters final days

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence argues there is an 'absence of motive' in Erin Patterson's murder trial as jury hears closing addresses

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Prosecution says Patterson 'lied' about feeding her children lunch leftovers to 'help cover her tracks'

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9 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson intended to kill lunch guests and thought cancer lie ‘would die with them’, prosecution says

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveTears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness boxWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRogers says Patterson chose the meal for the lunch and was responsible for selecting the ingredients.Rogers says the recipe from the RecipeTin Eats book, which Patterson told police she used for the beef wellington did not call for “multiple individual” pasties. Continue reading...

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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is accused of purposely keeping her kids away from the fatal lunch

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer chef faces her sixth day on the witness stand

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson reveals messages she 'regrets' sending about lunch guests

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is quizzed over single word she used to describe her husband

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Murder accused to be grilled under cross

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson is grilled under cross

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson forced to respond to accusation she weighed death cap mushrooms to work out fatal dose ahead of beef Wellington lunch, court hears

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