6 d. ago How a family’s beef wellington lunch ended with three dead and a mother guilty of murder

The key question in the Australian murder trial of Erin Patterson was how fatal death cap mushrooms got into the meal, Rachel Clun writes

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1 week ago Man who organised torture and killing of 'love rival' after plotting with victim's ex

John Belfield, 31, 'masterminded' the savage killing of Thomas Campbell, whose bloodied and near-naked body was found in the hallway of his Greater Manchester home.

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1 week ago Absence of motive evidence counts in Erin Patterson’s favour, jury told, as deliberations begin

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson jury begins deliberations as mushroom lunch trial enters 10th week

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How a family’s beef wellington lunch ended with three dead and a mother on trial for murder

The key question in the Australian murder trial of Erin Patterson was how fatal death cap mushrooms got into the meal, Rachel Clun writes

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2 w. ago Alleged murderer John Belfield tells trial he was watching Finding Nemo when Thomas Campbell was killed

Mr Campbell was found naked apart from a pair of socks after being 'tortured to death'. John Belfield denies murder and is on trial at Manchester Crown Court.

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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