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The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Erin Patterson tells triple murder trial she knew foraged mushrooms may have ended up in fatal lunch

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing her relatives with death cap mushrooms, admitted that she disposed of a food dehydrator after learning her lunch might have fatally poisoned her former in-laws.

Ms Patterson, 50, said she did not tell anyone after realising that death cap mushrooms could have been in the meal that she served her in-laws in July 2023. She had earlier testified she became interested in wild mushroom foraging during the Covid lockdown.

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