US EditionSome charges against alleged mushroom lunch killer dropped
- The trial started on Tuesday in Victoria for Erin Patterson, who is accused of poisoning three elderly relatives by serving them mushrooms at her home in Leongatha in 2023.
- The charges follow the 29 July lunch where Patterson served beef wellington allegedly containing death cap mushrooms that caused the victims to fall ill and die.
- A panel of fifteen jurors was chosen on Tuesday at the court in Morwell's Latrobe Valley area, with opening statements set to begin Wednesday morning before Justice Beale.
- Charges of attempted murder against Patterson's ex-husband, Simon Patterson, were dropped with Justice Beale instructing the jury to put them out of their minds.
- The trial, expected to last five to six weeks, has attracted wide Australian and international interest, with media presence, daily podcasts, and a commissioned documentary.
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By Jessie Yeung and Hilary Whiteman Lawyers for an Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning three family members with deadly mushrooms told jurors their deaths were a “horrible accident.” Erin Patterson is on trial for the 2023 deaths of her mother-in-law, Gail Patterson; her father-in-law, Donald Patterson; and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, who all died in hospital days after Patterson served them a meal containing deadly mushrooms. Sh…
A family lunch turned into a death trap. A delicious dish, the Wellington-style fillet, which becomes the instrument of a lucid murder plan. The trial opened today, Wednesday, April 30, in the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, in Australia, with Erin Patterson, 50, accused of killing three relatives of her ex-husband and of trying to kill a fourth man by serving him poisonous mushrooms at the table. The facts date back to July 29, 2023.
Woman stands trial charged with murdering ex-husband's relatives with poisonous mushrooms
The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.
Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old Australian woman, is accused of killing three people by serving them a Wellington beef with poisonous mushrooms. If she says it was "a terrible accident," the prosecutor claimed that she had "deliberately poisoned" her guests. Her trial that opens this Wednesday should last about six weeks. - "Terrible accident" or deliberate act? An Australian woman accused of killing three relatives... with poisonous mushrooms (Po…
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