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‘Concealed crimes’: Courtroom outburst interrupts mushroom murder trial
A man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “all we are saying is give truth a chance” has been evicted from the courtroom after he jumped to his feet and berated the judge.
Welcome to day 19 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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