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Ian Wilkinson, top left, returned to the Korumburra Baptist Church on Sunday for the first time since Erin Patterson was found guilty of murder.

Round of applause as mushroom lunch survivor returns to Korumburra church

Pastor Ian Wilkinson returned to his Korumburra congregation on Sunday for the first time since Erin Patterson was convicted of murder and attempted murder.

  • Eliza Rugg and Roy Ward

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Korumburra Baptist Church, and (from top) Heather Wilkinson, Gail Patterson and Don Patterson.

‘We’ve lost some very good people’: Small church at centre of mushroom trial tries to move on

The Korumburra Baptist Church held its first service on Sunday morning since Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three of its congregants.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The bizarre uniqueness of the Erin Patterson trial kept us transfixed.

If someone like Erin Patterson could do this, how well do we really know anyone?

Unlike Patterson, most of us don’t act on our worst impulses. But like her, we’re taken on appearances, and we all have our own secrets.

  • Kate Halfpenny
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It’s choppy seas between this once-happy boat buyer and the company which built the vessel.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Barristers Sophie Stafford and Colin Mandy, SC, arrive at court on Monday.

The nine issues the jury must decide in their deliberations in the Erin Patterson verdict

Twelve jurors in the trial of Erin Patterson, accused of murdering three people with a poisonous mushroom meal, are now deliberating on their verdict.

  • Erin Pearson
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It’s the first time Patterson has been photographed since being charged.

Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson appears in court

Patterson has appeared at the Supreme Court of Victoria for a hearing ahead of her upcoming murder trial.

  • Erin Pearson
The big stories that dominated headlines in 2024 included the High Country killings trial, mushroom deaths, tobacco store fires and the charges laid in the decades-old Easey Street murders.

The A to Z of crime, 2024 style

From the torching of tobacco stores to High Country killings, mushroom mysteries and cold cases solved: John Silvester reviews the year in crime.

  • John Silvester
Erin Patterson cooked lunch for four guests, three of whom later died. She has denied any wrongdoing.

Horticultural alert! Wild mushrooms found growing at Erin Patterson prison

Prison officials were sent into a flap and had to take immediate action after the discovery.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Erin Patterson has fronted court,

Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson pleads not guilty

Patterson will have her case fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, avoiding the need for a committal hearing.

  • Erin Pearson

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