Erin Patterson trial LIVE: Mushroom cook ordered ‘large number’ of diet books online
Erin Patterson told Facebook friends “the best thing I can do is just forget about” her estranged husband and his parents “and live my life”, the jury has heard.
Welcome to day 22 of the trial of Erin Patterson, live from Morwell.
Our journalists will bring you updates from court throughout the day in the blog below.
Ms Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, along with Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and attempting to murder Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson with a beef wellington allegedly laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
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