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Maroosha Muzaffar

Erin Patterson talks about family rift at fatal mushroom lunch trial

Erin Patterson - (Supreme Court of Victoria)

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of murdering her people with a poisoned beef Wellington, took the stand on Monday to give evidence about her fractured relationship with her estranged husband and his family.

Ms Patterson, 50, is charged with deliberately serving death cap mushrooms to her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson and Heather’s husband Ian during a 2023 lunch at her house in Victoria. Ian Wilkinson was the only guest to survive.

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