Service station CCTV revealed in mushroom murder trial
Footage of accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson at a service station the day after the lethal lunch has been played to the jury.
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Erin Patterson stopped at servo, bought sandwich, sour lollies day after fatal lunch
CCTV footage has been played to the jury, showing accused mushroom cook killer stopping at a service station and buying a sandwich and sour lollies day after the deadly lunch.
What Erin Patterson’s phone records before fatal lunch reveal
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s phone was detected near an area in Gippsland where lethal death caps were growing one day after their exact location was posted online by a mushroom expert, a jury has heard.
Erin Patterson’s phone pinged near death cap sites in months before deadly lunch
A digital forensic expert has told the jury the alleged murderer’s phone was detected near two known sites of toxic death cap mushrooms in the days after their locations were posted online.
What debris from Erin Patterson’s tip-dumped dehydrator revealed
Two of the seven samples of debris taken from a dehydrator that accused triple murderer Erin Patterson has admitted she dumped at a tip showed evidence of death cap mushrooms, a court has heard.
Erin Patterson trial: Forensic tests linked urine sample to deadly mushrooms
A forensic toxicologist has returned to the witness box to detail how bodily fluid samples taken from lunch guests were analysed by experts and linked to highly poisonous mushrooms.
Best-selling RecipeTin Eats cookbook drawn into mushroom murder trial
A child protection worker called to give evidence in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson has told the jury she made beef wellington because she found it in a RecipeTin Eats cookbook and wanted “to do something new and special”.
Death cap toxins found in debris from dumped dehydrator
Forensic testing uncovered toxins from death cap mushrooms in debris taken from inside the dehydrator discarded at a tip, the jury in the Erin Patterson trial has heard.
What ‘little pieces’ tweezered out of Erin’s lunch leftovers revealed
A scientist who examined the leftovers of a beef wellington meal cooked by accused triple murderer Erin Patterson after extracting pieces with tweezers did not find traces of death cap mushrooms, a jury has heard.
No death caps found in beef wellington leftovers seized from Erin’s home
A mushroom expert who examined the leftover beef wellington seized from Erin Patterson’s bin has told the court no death caps were found in the sample.
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