Justice Christopher Beale has told the jury they can use Erin’s alleged lies to help them assess her credibility, but warned that just because a person has lied doesn’t mean they must be guilty.
Justice Christopher Beale has told a jury when he expects to finish his “charge” in the Erin Patterson murder trial.
Justice Christopher Beale is delivering a final set of instructions to the jury, reminding them not to let feelings of sympathy “cloud” their judgement.
Justice Christopher Beale is delivering a final set of instructions to the jury in Erin Patterson’s murder trial before they retire to consider their verdict.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Police interviewed the son and daughter of accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson weeks after the deadly lunch was served at their home. Here’s what the kids had to say.
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.
A mushroom expert has told the jury how easily death caps can be found in the wild, as he took the stand in the Erin Patterson murder trial.
Ian Wilkinson went from sole survivor to star witness as he told his version of what happened at mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s lethal lunch which left three people dead.
The jury deciding Erin Patterson’s fate has today heard from her two children, who each shared their recount of what happened before and after the lethal lunch. Find the key moments here.
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