Erin Patterson trial: Live updates from Morwell court
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.
Follow the Herald Sun’s live coverage of the trial of accused mushroom cook murderer Erin Patterson below.
Ms Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, along with Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and attempting to murder Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson with a beef wellington allegedly laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Originally published as Erin Patterson trial: Live updates from Morwell court
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