66 h. ago As lunch guests sickened, mushroom cook fed her children leftovers, she maintains

Erin Patterson said she fed the beef Wellington leftovers to her two children for dinner on the day of the lunch, and that she didn’t believe there was any “real risk” to their safety.

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial day 27 as it happened: ‘You thought the lunch guests would die’: A rare invitation and a ‘lie about cancer’

It was rare for Erin Patterson to host guests; having four people over for a meal was not an ordinary, casual event for the mother of two.

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8 d. ago Mushroom cook thought guests would take her cancer tale to the grave, Crown claims

Prosecutors have grilled Erin Patterson on her ovarian cancer story, alleging she never intended to have to account for it because she knew her lunch guests would die.

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8 d. ago Mushroom cook thought guests would take her cancer con to the grave, Crown claims

Prosecutors have grilled Erin Patterson on her ovarian cancer lie, alleging she never intended to have to account for it because she knew her lunch guests would die.

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8 d. ago ‘You thought the lunch guests would die’: A rare invitation and a ‘lie about cancer’

It was rare for Erin Patterson to host guests; having four people over for a meal was not an ordinary, casual event for the mother of two. Follow our live coverage.

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial LIVE: Accused killer asked about her ‘so

Erin Patterson has denied telling her lunch guests on July 29, 2023, that she had a cancer diagnosis. Follow our live coverage.

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9 d. ago An estranged husband’s blunt question: ‘Did you poison my parents?’

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has told a jury the accusation she poisoned her lunch guests was wrong, but it sent her into a spiral of fear in which she made a series of stupid decisions.

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9 d. ago An estranged husband’s blunt question: ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has told a jury the accusation she poisoned her lunch guests was wrong, but it sent her into a spiral of fear in which she made a series of stupid decisions.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson concedes death cap mushrooms were in beef Wellington she fed guests; Trial day 25, as it happened

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has conceded death cap mushrooms were in a beef Wellington she fed her lunch guests after telling a jury she often foraged for fungi and enjoyed buying exotic varieties because they tasted better.

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1 week ago Day 25, as it happened: Patterson concedes death cap mushrooms were in beef Wellington she fed guests

Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has conceded death cap mushrooms were in a beef Wellington she fed her lunch guests after telling a jury she often foraged for fungi and enjoyed buying exotic varieties because they tasted better.

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2 w. ago Shopping list, health chats, missing mobile: Police lay out investigation into mushroom cook

Police dug into Erin Patterson’s bank records, shopping history and phone records as part of their probe into a lunch that killed three of her guests, a court has heard.

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3 w. ago As lunch guests lay dying, health officer hunted for suspect mushrooms

A suburban council health officer spent days scouring grocers in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs for repackaged dried mushrooms feared to have poisoned Erin Patterson’s lunch guests.

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3 w. ago Intensive care doctor believed surviving mushroom lunch guest would die, court hears

The head of one of Melbourne's largest intensive care units has told the mushroom murder trial doctors tried everything they could to save the gravely ill lunch guests.

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3 w. ago The desperate fight to save mushroom lunch guests from death cap poisoning

An intensive care doctor has told Erin Patterson’s murder trial that Ian Wilkinson was “very close” to death as hospital staff tried in vain to save the lives of other patients.

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