16 h. ago Jury reaches verdict in Karen Read murder trial over death of Boston police boyfriend

Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read say they’ve reached a verdict in a divisive case about the death of a Boston police officer that lawyers have presented as either a tragic love story or a sinister cover-up

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39 h. ago Man who was 'tortured to death' in his own home was discovered naked in his hallway with ankles bound with duct tape, court hears

Thomas Campbell, 38, was discovered by shocked neighbours the morning after he was subjected to a harrowing and violent assault in Mossley, Tameside.

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41 h. ago Murdered Thomas Campbell found stripped naked at home with ankles bound, court hears

Thomas Campbell, 38, was allegedly murdered at his Greater Manchester home in July 2022 where his body was found 'bound at the ankles and naked accept for a pair of socks'

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44 h. ago Thomas Campbell was found naked with ankles bound after being 'tortured to death', murder trial told

John Belfield denies murdering Thomas Campbell, and conspiring to rob him

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8 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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8 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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9 d. ago Boy, two, was placed on the child protection register month before 'he was murdered by his grandparents while his mother was upstairs', court hears

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, are on trial accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child - which they deny.

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9 d. ago Violence inflicted on toddler before his death shown to murder trial

Ethan Ives-Griffiths' grandparents are on trial accused of his murder

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2 w. ago 'Mushroom poisoner' mum's astonishing explanation for fatal family lunch

Erin Patterson is on trial for murder after allegedly serving a dish containing toxic death cap mushrooms to her in-laws and their 66-year-old sister in Victoria in July 2023

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson denies foraging for death cap mushrooms as she takes the stand for a third straight day

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2 w. ago After weeks of silence, Erin Patterson begins to tell her side of the story to deadly mushroom lunch trial

Accused triple murderer gives emotional testimony as she faces questions on beef wellington lunch that killed threeErin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hearsErin Patterson had been in the witness box for 142 minutes, a window to her right showing the rain falling outside in regional Victoria, when her barrister Colin Mandy SC said: “I’m going to ask you some questions now about mushrooms”.Patterson had already spoken to the court about her children and her family, her hefty inheritances, her relationship with her estranged husband, Simon, and their slow and gradual decoupling, in her evidence on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells jury she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and feels ‘ashamed’ of Facebook messages she wrote about her familyWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.Patterson also said in evidence that she wishes she never said to her Facebook friends in a private group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” in relation to her in-laws, saying she felt ashamed but hoped that sharing her frustrations would mean she had a “big cheer squad” for her problems. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson accepts there were death cap mushrooms in the fatal beef wellington lunch

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3 w. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: ‘highly unlikely’ that commercial mushrooms contaminated with death cap toxins, health official says

Australian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder after a mushroom lunch at her house in regional Victoria in 2023. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMandy asks Atkinson about her evidence Patterson told her the dried mushrooms may have been purchased in Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley. Atkinson agrees Patterson was not sure where she had purchased the death cap mushrooms from.Patterson’s defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is cross-examining Atkinson. Mandy asks about the conversation Atkinson recalled yesterday with Conor McDermott, a doctor at the Austin hospital on 31 July 2023 – two days after the lunch. Atkinson says she rejects that McDermott said “Glen Waverley” when mentioning where some of the mushrooms may have been purchased from. Mandy says his client did not provide Atkinson a specific date for when she purchased the mushrooms used in the beef wellington. Atkinson says ...

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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last month Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson's nine

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last month 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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last month Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Expert says Patterson's phone was detected near death cap sites

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