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Erin Patterson mushroom trial day 30 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Cook denies 'wild goose chase' over mushroom origins

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson denies lying and sending authorities on a "wild goose chase" about the mushrooms she used in a toxic meal.

AAP

‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross-examination

Patterson also tells triple-murder trial she’s ‘puzzled’ clinic she says she had an appointment with for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery

The Guardian - AU

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Erin Patterson mushroom trial day 29 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Mushroom cook denies faking poison symptoms from lunch

Erin Patterson has been accused of faking illness to appear unwell because she knew she had not eaten deadly mushrooms and realised it would look suspicious.

AAP

Lies, shame, apologies: mushroom cook's week as witness

Erin Patterson's week in the witness box has led to admissions of lying, her personal shame and an apology for offensive messages about her in-laws.

AAP

Australian woman accused of mushroom poisoning admits possible online search for deadly fungi

Erin Patterson is on trial for allegedly killing three family members with poisonous meal

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Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson trial day 28 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Socceroos on brink of World Cup spot; Trump’s feud with Musk escalates; Labor ‘gaslighting’ public over climate crisis

Socceroos all but book 2026 World Cup berth; Elon Musk’s attacks rile US president

The Guardian - AU

'Two faces': online posts show mushroom cook's duality

Accused murderer Erin Patterson has been quizzed over the state of her relationship with her in-laws prior to them eating a fatal lunch at her home.

AAP

Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed

Murder accused cross-examined in Victorian supreme court trial over beef wellington lunch that left three in-laws dead

The Guardian - AU

Australian woman weighed fatal dose of mushrooms ahead of deadly lunch, prosecutors allege

Erin Patterson is charged with the murder of three of her ex-partner's relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth.

Euronews

Senior aide to New Zealand prime minister resigns over secret recordings of sex workers

Christopher Luxon says Michael Forbes’ behaviour was shocking and ‘unacceptably short of the standards that I expect from our people’

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Vanuatu says it has no plans to revoke Andrew Tate’s golden passport after review

If convicted, Tate’s citizenship could still be revoked in the future

The Independent UK

Erin Patterson denies knowingly preparing death cap mushrooms in dehydrator she later dumped

Prosecutor says Patterson tried to hide evidence, but she denies knowing mushrooms were toxic

The Guardian - AU

Death caps and cancer claims: how Erin Patterson responded to first day of mushroom trial cross-examination

Triple murder accused also tells court she had a ‘stupid kneejerk reaction to just dig deeper, and keep lying’ to police after lunch guests died

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson trial day 27 – as it happened

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Mushroom cook opens up on lies to police, in-laws

Erin Patterson lied to her in-laws about cancer tests before cooking them a deadly lunch because they made her "feel loved", she has told a jury.

The Independent UK

Australian woman on trial for mushroom murder of in-laws says she was trying to fix a 'bland' lunch

An Australian woman on trial for the triple murder of her estranged husband's relatives and the attempted murder of another has told the Supreme Court in the state of Victoria that she carefully planned the July 2023 lunch where her dinner guests were poisoned with death cap mushrooms

The Independent UK

Erin Patterson tells triple murder trial she knew foraged mushrooms may have ended up in fatal lunch

Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning relatives says she threw out food dehydrator and reset phone fearing they could link her to death cap mushrooms

International Business Times UK

Death Cap Mushroom Suspect Admits To Storing 'Exotic' Fungi In Same Jar As Store-Bought Ones

Mushroom lunch murder trial begins as Erin Patterson defends fatal beef Wellington meal in Australia's bizarre poisoning case

The Guardian - AU

‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing it

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson trial day 26 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Kyiv claims it ‘severely damaged’ base of Crimean bridge, opened by Putin in 2018

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