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Erin Patterson juror dismissed for alleged discussions with friends but trial will continue

A juror has been discharged from the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial after allegedly speaking with friends and family about the case, but the trial will continue. It has heard evidence from forensic toxicologist Dimitri Gerostamoulos. 

Forensic toxicologist Associate Professor Dimitri Gerostamoulos outside Erin Patterson's trial. Picture:  NewsWire / Nadir Kinani
Forensic toxicologist Associate Professor Dimitri Gerostamoulos outside Erin Patterson's trial. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Welcome to live coverage of week three of the trial of Victorian woman Erin Patterson, accused of killing three people with a meal laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms.

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