Your ultimate guide to the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial
Trying to keep up with the trial of mushroom cook Erin Patterson? We’ve compiled all the evidence, witnesses and timeline details for you to keep track of the proceedings.
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Three questions, three denials: Erin’s final words in the witness box
Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson faced a grilling from the prosecution on her final day in the witness box — and now it’s down to the prosecution and defence to make their cases to the jury deciding her fate.
Three final questions fired at Erin Patterson as cross-examination ends
Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC has fired three final questions at Erin Patterson as her time in the witness box comes to a close. FOLLOW LIVE
Erin’s Asian grocer claim sparked ‘wild goose chase’: Crown
Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson told a “deliberate lie” about purchasing mushrooms from a grocery store in Melbourne, a prosecutor has alleged.
Erin’s medical records make no mention of gastric bypass surgery
Erin Patterson told the jury she had “made preparations” to have the weight loss surgery, but under cross-examination she conceded the clinic she had an appointment at didn’t offer it – and medical records show she never sought a referral for the procedure.
Accused killer Erin says Ian, Simon and her son all ‘mistaken’
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson has denied claims put to her by the Crown and insisted lunch survivor Ian Wilkinson, her estranged husband Simon Patterson and her son were “mistaken” in their recollections.
‘Are you making this up as you go?’: Crown tries to catch Erin in a lie
Erin Patterson has undergone another intense day of cross-examination in her murder trial, with the Crown prosecutor accusing her of feigning her illness.
Erin says she searched for information about death caps
Accused triple killer Erin Patterson has told a jury she wanted to find out if death cap mushrooms grew in South Gippsland as she was quizzed about her search history.
Cook grilled: If Simon had come to lunch he would have got a beef wellington
Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has denied she weighed out death caps to calculate how much was required for a deadly dose, but says her estranged husband Simon would have got a beef wellington too, had he turned up for lunch.
‘You thought the lunch guests would die’: Crown
Erin Patterson has been grilled about her cancer lie, with the Crown suggesting the accused didn’t think she’d have to account for the falsehood because she didn’t expect Ian Wilkinson to survive.
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