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‘You thought the lunch guests would die’: A rare invitation and a ‘lie about cancer’
It was rare for Erin Patterson to host guests; having four people over for a meal was not an ordinary, casual event for the mother of two. Follow our live coverage.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
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Witness admits lying to police over alleged toolbox murders
A friend of the two victims has admitted lying when he told police one of the accused was present when a toolbox containing the pair was thrown into a lagoon.
- Rex Martinich
Erin Patterson murder trial day 26 as it happened: Mushroom cook says fear of estranged husband’s actions led to phone resets; details dumping food dehydrator at local tip after fatal lunch
Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
Erin Patterson trial recap: What happened on every day of the death cap mushroom case
Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington for lunch.
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- Crime
P-plater jailed for three years over North Lake crash that killed Nick Campo
The sentencing judge said a group of teenagers were all “morally responsible” for encouraging a 17-year-old boy to speed to a nightclub, resulting in a fatal accident.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Day 25, as it happened: Patterson concedes death cap mushrooms were in beef Wellington she fed guests
Accused killer cook Erin Patterson has conceded death cap mushrooms were in a beef Wellington she fed her lunch guests after telling a jury she often foraged for fungi and enjoyed buying exotic varieties because they tasted better.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
British backpacker denied bail over fatal Perth CBD e-scooter crash
Thanh Phan was allegedly struck by Alicia Kemp while she was riding an e-scooter while drunk in Perth’s CBD on Saturday night. He succumbed to his injuries three days later.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Chosen a rapist’: Alleged victim questioned over remarks on Kiama MP’s elevation to ministry
Gareth Ward was in 2019 appointed Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, two years before the political staffer spoke to police about the alleged rape.
- Amber Schultz
Canning Vale man admits murdering 70-year-old grandfather on eve of trial
Ky Smith-Marciniak’s murder trial was due to begin in the WA Supreme Court on Tuesday, but the 22-year-old instead pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced in September.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Appeal against sentence for teens who stabbed Wallabies star’s family fails
An appeal that argued the sentences for two teenagers involved in the violent home invasion of Toutai Kefu was “manifestly inadequate” has been dismissed.
- Cloe Read
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