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Emily Woods

Mushroom cook's husband on rocky marriage, $2m windfall

Simon Patterson told how his parents and relatives got sick after food cooked by his estranged wife. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Four months after their first child was born, Erin and Simon Patterson packed all their belongings into a 4WD and drove across the northern half of Australia.

"We got to Townsville ... right up to the top of Cape Yorke Peninsula and Erin chose to fly just herself back to Perth," Simon told a jury of 15 people on Thursday.

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