‘It tracks what you’re buying’: Erin Patterson’s transaction history from week before fatal lunch
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 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.
The odds were stacked up against him after a pastor invited to Erin Patterson’s fateful lunch ingested poisonous mushrooms, but then a near miracle happened.
On a wintry Saturday afternoon, a woman invites her former in-laws over for lunch and cooks them a beef wellington dish. Hours later, all four people fall ill. Within days, three are dead.
The typically sleepy Victorian town of Leongatha was thrust into the spotlight after a family lunch turned deadly and sparked a media frenzy across the globe.
The woman accused of murdering three people with poisonous mushrooms has been forced into a protected prison unit alongside pedophile rapist Malka Leifer amid fears for her safety.
The first morsels of information in the police case against Leongatha woman Erin Patterson have been laid bare almost nine months to the day since the notorious mushroom lunch.
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