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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Charlotte Graham-McLay

Woman who denies mushroom murders of her in-laws accepts that she served them death caps for lunch

Australia Mushroom Murder Trial - (AAP)

An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms told a court on Tuesday she accepted that the fatal lunch she served contained death caps.

But Erin Patterson said the “vast majority” of the fungi came from local stores. She denies three counts of murder and one of attempted murder over the beef Wellington meal she served to her parents-in-law and her estranged husband’s aunt and uncle at her home in July 2023.

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