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Emily Woods

Long-awaited triple murder mushroom trial begins

Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three people by cooking them a poisoned mushroom meal. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Almost two years after it's alleged Erin Patterson fed poisoned beef wellingtons to her estranged husband's family, a trial is underway in a small regional town.

Amid intense interest in the case, dozens of documentary-makers, journalists, podcast creators and true crime novelists have descended on Morwell, in Gippsland, about 150km southeast of Melbourne.

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