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

Erin Patterson discharged herself five minutes after doctor warned she may have death cap mushroom poisoning, court hears

Erin Patterson
Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and not guilty to attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson, with a beef wellington lunch containing death cap mushrooms at her house in Leongatha in 2023. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

A doctor who treated Erin Patterson has told her triple murder trial that he was surprised she discharged herself from hospital five minutes after being told she may have been exposed to potentially fatal mushroom poisoning.

Dr Christopher Webster, who was working at the Leongatha hospital two days after Patterson served beef wellington to her in-laws for lunch, gave evidence on Wednesday at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.

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