Poisoned guests rarely invited before deadly mushroom lunch, Australia trial hears


Simon Patterson leaving Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court where Erin Patterson attended her trial in Morwell on May 2, 2025. - AFP

SYDNEY: An Australian woman accused of triple murder with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington had rarely invited her four guests to eat at her home before, a court heard on Friday (May 9).

Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband in July 2023 by serving them the pastry-and-beef dish with death cap mushrooms.

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