Erin’s Asian grocer claim sparked ‘wild goose chase’: Crown
Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson told a “deliberate lie” about purchasing mushrooms from a grocery store in Melbourne, a prosecutor has alleged.
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Erin’s medical records make no mention of gastric bypass surgery
Erin Patterson told the jury she had “made preparations” to have the weight loss surgery, but under cross-examination she conceded the clinic she had an appointment at didn’t offer it – and medical records show she never sought a referral for the procedure.
‘Are you making this up as you go?’: Crown tries to catch Erin in a lie
Erin Patterson has undergone another intense day of cross-examination in her murder trial, with the Crown prosecutor accusing her of feigning her illness.
Erin’s private battle before a lethal meal was served
Food, and the poisoning of it, is at the heart of the Mushroom Cook trial. Now, Erin Patterson told of how a lifelong battle has affected her, before a fatal lunch was served.
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‘This family I swear to f***ing god’: Erin’s Facebook messages revealed
A digital forensics officer who analysed a device seized from Erin Patterson’s home is giving evidence about a tranche of messages relating to the deceased lunch guests.
‘Death cap’: Computer records revealed in mushroom cook trial
A computer seized from Erin Patterson’s house was used to visit a web page of a death cap mushroom sighting in Melbourne’s southeast, a jury has heard.
Searches for iNaturalist made from device seized from Erin Patterson’s home: Court
A device seized from the home of accused mushroom cook killer was used to visit the iNaturalist website, which the jury heard earlier was used to record sightings of various fungi species, including death caps.
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.
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.
Moment money became an issue for those in the ‘Mushroom case’
The “Mushroom cook” trial has been about family ties, and the relationship between Erin Patterson and her estranged husband has been littered in the evidence, where money became an issue.
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.
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.
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