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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Erin Patterson trial jury urged to put aside sympathy for mushroom lunch guests and ignore ‘unprecedented’ media attention

Erin Patterson
Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder over a lunch she served at her home in regional Australia that contained deadly mushrooms. Photograph: James Ross/AP

The judge in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial has urged the jury to put aside any sympathy they may feel for her lunch guests and continue to ignore unprecedented media attention in the case.

Justice Christopher Beale started his charge to the jury on Tuesday at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell, Victoria. It was expected the charge, or jury directions, would take at least two days, before the jury retired to consider its verdict.

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