Judge’s final instructions to jury before they determine mushroom cook’s fate
Justice Christopher Beale is delivering a final set of instructions to the jury, reminding them not to let feelings of sympathy “cloud” their judgement.
After a four-day break, the trial of Erin Patterson has resumed in Morwell.
Ms Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, along with Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and attempting to murder Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson with a beef wellington allegedly laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
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Originally published as Judge’s final instructions to jury before they determine mushroom cook’s fate
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