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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

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

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

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‘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

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Erin Patterson trial day 25 – as it happened

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Mushroom cook accepts death caps were inside lunch

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson has accepted death cap mushrooms were inside beef Wellingtons she cooked for her estranged husband's family.

AAP

Erin Patterson 'venting' to friends on husband's family

Lawyers for accused triple murderer Erin Patterson say she had been "venting" to her online friends when she sent frustrated messages about her former in-laws.

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Australian Woman 'Loved' Lunch Guests She Is Accused Of Killing: Court

An Australian woman told police she "loved" members of her husband's family she was later accused of killing with poison mushrooms, a court heard Tuesday.

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My neighbour was the Scottish scientist who pioneered ultrasound in medicine

I CAN no longer hear the ultrasounds of bats or larks. However, we humans have limitations right from the start. No more eloquent expression has…

The National (Scotland)

Posts reveal family schism before deadly mushroom lunch

Devices seized from Erin Patterson's home allegedly reveal frustration with her husband's family in the months before she served them a poisonous meal.

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‘Sick of this’: Erin Patterson told friends she wanted ‘nothing to do’ with in-laws, mushroom lunch trial hears

Victorian supreme court shown Facebook messages in which murder accused vents frustration at estranged husband’s parents

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Erin Patterson may have visited locations of death cap mushroom sightings, murder trial hears

Expert tells court that phone records show ‘potential’ for accused to have been in Outtrim and Loch days after reports of deadly fungi were posted online

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom lunch leftovers examined and a juror removed: how week three of the Erin Patterson murder trial unfolded

Australian jury asked to consider if murder accused was pretending to be sick after lunch that killed three in-laws

The Independent UK

On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including converts from non-Orthodox nations

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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

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Australian Mushroom Murder Suspect Rejected Help Preparing Meal: Witness

An Australian woman accused of murdering three people with a toxic mushroom-laced lunch rejected offers of help before serving the dish, the sole guest to survive the deadly meal told a court on Tuesday.

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Erin Patterson trial day six – as it happened

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Sole survivor of poisonous mushroom lunch speaks out

The only guest to survive a poisonous beef Wellington lunch has described in detail what happened on the day and how Erin Patterson served up the deadly dish.

The Independent UK

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Mushroom cook's husband on rocky marriage, $2m windfall

The estranged husband of a woman accused of murdering his parents and aunt says they had an "up and down" marriage before separating permanently.

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