Details of alleged mushroom poison victim Gail Patterson’s will finally revealed

The details of alleged mushroom poison victim Gail Patterson’s will have finally been revealed with her children set to gain an extra $50,000, court documents show.

Erin Patterson was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. Picture: Brooke Grebert-Craig

The details of alleged mushroom poison victim Gail Patterson’s will have finally been revealed with her children set to gain an extra $50,000 each.

Supreme Court documents show Gail’s husband Don Patterson was to be the only beneficiary in his wife’s $200,000 estate.

But due to his death, her assets were divided equally between their three sons Simon, Matthew and Nathan Patterson and daughter Anna Terrington.

Last month, all four children were awarded $650,000 each from Don’s $2.6m estate.

It comes as Nathan and Anna were forced to prove their father had died, despite his probate already being granted weeks prior.

Gail’s death certificate showed the former school office worker died on August 4 last year, a day before Don.

Don and Gail Patterson died after allegedly ingesting poisonous mushrooms.

But because he did not survive her by 30 days, it triggered a review by the Supreme Court.

“The probate office has reviewed your application. The following further information is required,” an email read.

“File a supplementary affidavit of executor clarifying the situation of the instituted executor ‘Donald Kenneth Patterson’.

“The current affidavit of executor and the advertisement contain inconsistent information.”

Nothing was left to Simon’s estranged wife, Erin Patterson, who was charged with the murder of Don, Gail and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson.

The trio died after allegedly eating poisonous mushrooms in a beef wellington dish during a lunch at Erin’s Leongatha home on July 29 last year.

The dish, cooked by Erin, was allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms.

In the will, dated November 2, 2018, an inventory of Gail’s assets valued her estate at $212,679.

This included more than $176,000 in shares, a $30,000 Kia wagon and a $5000 Holden wagon.

The will was this week granted probate, giving Gail’s executers, Nathan and Anna, the ability to divide the estate between the beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, 12 months on, Don and Gail’s official cause of death remains a mystery.

According to the affidavit of the executor document “the full death certificate showing the cause of death has not as yet been finalised, as the death of the deceased is subject to a coronial enquiry”.

In May, Erin pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

The attempted murder charges relate to Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson, who survived the meal and Simon, who was due to attend the lunch but pulled out at the last minute.

A further three attempted murder charges relate to Simon with the location of the alleged crimes occurring in Korumburra, Howqua and Wilsons Promontory.

Erin is due to face court later this month.