Your ultimate guide to the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial
Trying to keep up with the trial of mushroom cook Erin Patterson? We’ve compiled all the evidence, witnesses and timeline details for you to keep track of the proceedings.
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‘Doesn’t mean she’s guilty’: Judge tells jury how to use Erin’s alleged lies
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.
Mushroom cook judge gives key timeline update
Justice Christopher Beale has told a jury when he expects to finish his “charge” in the Erin Patterson murder trial.
Judge’s final instructions to jury before they determine mushroom cook’s fate
Justice Christopher Beale is delivering a final set of instructions to the jury, reminding them not to let feelings of sympathy “cloud” their judgement.
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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.
‘Best meat I’ve ever had’: Erin Patterson’s son says he ate lunch leftovers
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.
No death caps found in beef wellington leftovers seized from Erin’s home
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.
Mushroom expert tells court how easily poisonous death caps can be found
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.
Mushroom survivor speaks: The story no one else can tell
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.
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