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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 · Jun 6, 2025

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 · Jun 6, 2025

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 · Jun 5, 2025

Distinguishing between edible and poisonous fungi is difficult, mushroom expert tells Erin Patterson trial

Victorian court hears from mycologist who identified death cap mushrooms growing near Patterson’s home in Gippsland

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2025

Erin Patterson Lied About Cancer To Keep Kids From Deadly Mushroom Lunch, Jury Hears

Among the false claims, according to prosecutors, was that she had cancer, lied to police about disposing of a dehydrator and that she did not go foraging for mushrooms.

Pedestrian.tv · May 1, 2025

Adrian Basham 'vehemently denies' murdering estranged wife Samantha Fraser

A court hears a Victorian man accused of murdering his estranged wife allegedly waited outside her house, attacked her and then made her death look like a suicide.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022