Erin Patterson trial: Lone survivor gives testimony in family's deadly mushroom lunch
- Erin Patterson, 50, faces trial in Morwell, Victoria, for allegedly poisoning family members during a July 29, 2023 lunch at her Leongatha home.
- The prosecution alleges Patterson intentionally served beef Wellington containing death cap mushrooms that killed her estranged husband's parents and aunt.
- Four guests ate individually portioned beef Wellington; three died within days and the surviving uncle required weeks of hospital treatment, including a liver transplant.
- Witnesses testified about symptoms like vomiting, and Heather Wilkinson described the meal as "delicious," while Patterson denies deliberate poisoning and claims a "terrible accident."
- Patterson has pleaded not guilty, and the court heard evidence including purchase of a dehydrator for mushrooms; the trial may last six weeks or more.
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Erin, 50, suspected of murdering family – with beef Wellington
The Wilkinson family was treated to poisoned Beef Wellington – and died. Only Uncle Ian miraculously survived. “She seemed like an ordinary person,” he says during the murder trial of hostess Erin Patterson.
Mushroom 'murderer' Erin Patterson had one-word response about buying deadly dish - The Mirror
Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of deliberately poisoning a beef wellington dish in an attempt to kill four members of her ex-husband's family - she denies all charges
Mushroom murder victims' daughter "surprised" at invite to deadly meal
The Victorian Supreme Court has heard from family members of those who died at a deadly regional Victorian lunch. Erin Patterson is accused of the murder of three people and the attempted murder of another, after serving a Beef Wellington meal at her home. The jury heard emotional evidence from the daughter of Gail and Don Patterson, who both died.


‘Delicious’ — last words before death cap mushroom meal killed three, Australian court told
SYDNEY, May 7 — A woman who died after eating a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms told a doctor it tasted “delicious”, a court heard today, as her Australian host faced triple murder charges. Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband by cooking and serving up the poisonous beef-and-pastry meal. She is also charged with the attempted murder of her husband's uncle, who survived the dish …
Doctor’s death cap poisoning warning played to jury after son, daughters of guests at fatal beef Wellington lunch testify: Trial day seven, as it happened
Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Follow our live coverage of the triple-murder trial here.
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