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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

‘Mushroom murderer’ back in court in Australia

Murder Erin Patterson Gail Patterson Heather Wilkinson Richard Edney
  • Australian woman Erin Patterson, 51, has returned to court to appeal against her convictions for murdering three relatives with death-cap mushrooms.
  • She was previously convicted of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, and attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson.
  • Her defence lawyer, Richard Edney, argued that jury sequestration was fundamentally flawed because jurors shared a hotel with police and media.
  • Edney described the failure to prevent jurors from potentially encountering people connected to the trial as an inexplicable and catastrophic error.
  • The case centres on a July 2023 lunch in Leongatha, Victoria, where Patterson served a beef Wellington containing poisonous mushrooms.

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Erin Patterson appeal latest: Mushroom killer’s lawyers say ‘catastrophic’ hotel mistake led to mistrial

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