Moment in Mushroom Cook trial that made Erin emotional
For the first time, Erin Patterson was being asked about the dead and dying. A detective wanted to understand why other people were dying from the lunch, while she was “not that ill”.
For the first time, Erin Patterson was being asked about the dead and dying. A detective wanted to understand why other people were dying from the lunch, while she was “not that ill”.
The lead investigator tasked with compiling evidence against accused triple murderer Erin Patterson is set to return to the witness box to be cross-examined about the lunch probe. LIVE UPDATES
Erin Patterson told Facebook friends “the best thing I can do is just forget about” her estranged husband and his parents “and live my life”, the jury has heard.
One of the multiple phones belonging to accused killer Erin Patterson has never been found by police, a jury has heard.
The jury deciding Erin Patterson’s fate has today heard from her two children, who each shared their recount of what happened before and after the lethal lunch. Find the key moments here.
Accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson became teary as her daughter gave evidence about the lunch at the centre of her mum’s murder trial, with the jury also hearing she said “she was thinking of taking the kids on a cruise” when hospitalised.
The accused triple-murderer reached for the tissues as the jury heard evidence from her nine-year-old daughter. FOLLOW LIVE
An on-call doctor at Leongatha Hospital made the triple-0 call that first alerted police to an alleged poisoning at the beef wellington lunch hosted by accused murderer Erin Patterson.
The youngest daughter of Don and Gail Patterson wiped away tears as she recalled being at her dying parents’ bedsides in the days after the mushroom lunch. FOLLOW LIVE
Ian Wilkinson, the only guest who survived the lunch, has for the first time shared details about the meal Erin Patterson allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms.
Simon Patterson, the estranged husband of accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson, has told a jury he was “intrigued” that she failed to ask him a particular question after the fateful lunch.
Ian Wilkinson, a church pastor, was polite as he gave evidence about what unfolded the day he and his wife, and in-laws, had lunch at Erin Patterson’s house.
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