Mystery over mushroom cook’s missing phone
One of the multiple phones belonging to accused killer Erin Patterson has never been found by police, a jury has heard.
One of the multiple phones belonging to accused killer Erin Patterson has never been found by police, a jury has heard.
Erin Patterson’s transaction history from the week leading up to the fatal beef wellington meal has been shown to the jury. FOLLOW LIVE
Erin Patterson’s account of the deadly beef wellington lunch has been revealed to the jury today as footage of the accused murderer’s police interview was played in court.
Messages between Erin Patterson and a health department officer detail how the accused triple-murderer says the deadly meal was prepared, insisting she only made one batch of mushroom paste.
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.
For the first time, the jury has heard from the medical staff who treated Erin Patterson’s lunch guests and witnessed their pain in the days before they died. FOLLOW LIVE
Several people who were friends with Erin Patterson in an online true crime forum have detailed her “love” of mushrooms and her reputation as an internet sleuth.
They started out as friends and fell in love, but now, defendant Erin Patterson and her estranged husband Simon face each other in a courtroom after poisonous mushrooms changed everything.
It’s been almost two years since the lethal mushroom lunch that claimed the lives of three people. Today, the cook Erin Patterson faced court for the second day of the trial gripping the world.
Nearly two years ago, Erin Patterson cooked a mushroom meal for her family. She is now on trial for murder. Today, her estranged husband returned to the witness box.
The accused and her estranged husband struggled to watch as a video showing a sweet family moment days before the lethal lunch that claimed three lives was played in court.
The estranged husband of Erin Patterson was almost inconsolable as he shared heartbreaking details of his loved ones’ dying hours, and how he was also invited to the lethal lunch.
Simon, the estranged husband of mushroom cook Erin Patterson, has told the jury about the moment he turned down an invite to the lunch which ended up killing three members of his family. Here’s your recap of the day’s evidence.
The judge has told the jury in the Erin Patterson trial to decide “with their heads, not their hearts” if she is guilty or not guilty of murdering three people with death cap mushrooms, with the jury also learning that three charges against her had been dropped.
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