In what Erin Patterson told her friends was a “silver lining” to her mother’s death, money that followed allowed her to build her dream home on a “bush block”. It would become the scene of her chilling murder plot.
Cutting-edge SA research has zeroed-in on Erin Patterson’s fateful trip to the death cap mushroom field where she picked the poison for her crimes.
New details have emerged about Erin Patterson’s estranged husband, her parents and her mum’s former home as neighbours react to her being sent to prison. SEE THE VIDEO.
In scathing messages to her online friends, Erin Patterson claimed she was forced to hire a cleaner because her estranged husband never helped her around the house.
Former colleagues of triple murderer Erin Patterson — whose maiden name was Scutter — have described her as a pathological liar who “managed to get guys wrapped around her little finger”.
A jury has found Erin Patterson deliberately murdered her lunch guests by feeding them a beef wellington laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
The mushroom cook who killed her in-laws with a beef wellington expressed little emotion as she was condemned in the courtroom.
Erin Patterson was given time in solitary confinement after she was accused by another inmate of tampering with prison food while waiting for her high-profile trial to begin.
The homicide squad trawled over every facet of Erin Patterson’s life and her home. Detectives collected and reviewed CCTV, phone data, messages, medical and bank records and more.
As Erin Patterson was peppered with questions about the beef wellington meal that killed three people, she had an answer for everything. But these are the damning pieces of evidence she couldn’t lie her way out of.
Erin Patterson’s fate now rests in the hands of 12 members of the public. These are the key issues those jurors have been asked to decide.
As the jury retires to deliberate, privacy screening has appeared at Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home, shielding it from prying eyes.
The jury in the Erin Patterson murder trial have been told to disregard two arguments put forward by the prosecution about some of the scientific evidence.
Justice Christopher Beale is set to complete his “charge” or his instructions to the Supreme Court jury on Monday before they begin their deliberations.
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