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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Namita Singh

Only living victim in Australia’s death cap mushroom lunch poisoning released from hospital

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The sole survivor in Australia’s lethal mushroom poisoning was released from a hospital on Saturday, nearly three months after the incident.

Ian Wilkinson, a local Baptist pastor in Korumburra, was left fighting for his life, while all the others who ate the meal died of poisoning on 30 July, including the cook’s former in-laws. The family ate a beef Wellington dish that is believed to have contained deadly death cap mushrooms.

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