A mushroom expert spotted lethal death caps in Gippsland and posted their “very precise” location to a website one day before Erin Patterson allegedly travelled to the same area.
A mushroom expert has told the jury how easily death caps can be found in the wild, as he took the stand in the Erin Patterson murder trial.
Police interviewed the son and daughter of accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson weeks after the deadly lunch was served at their home. Here’s what the kids had to say.
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.
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
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