Mushroom Trial

Four attempted murder charges dropped in Patterson case

The prosecution has dropped the attempted murder charges where Simon Patterson was the alleged victim. IN A sensational development on day one of the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, the prosecution has dropped the attempted murder charges...

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Michael Giles

29 Apr 2025

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Patterson accused of serving the deadly mushroom meal on different plates

DAY two of the trial of Leongatha woman Erin Patterson, accused of the murders of three family members, and the attempted murder of a fourth following lunch at her home on Saturday, July 29, 2023, was dominated by the opening remarks by Crown...

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Michael Giles

30 Apr 2025

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Mushroom trial: How a fractious relationship unravelled and became toxic

Erin Pattrson’s estranged husband was the first witness called by the prosecution in the case of the triple ‘mushroom’ murders. SIMON Peter Patterson, the estranged husband of the woman accused of the triple murder of three of his family members and...

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Michael Giles

01 May 2025

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Watching her weight or watching the mushrooms?

THE woman accused of the murder of three family members and the attempted murder of another after serving them poisoned mushrooms at a lunch in Leongatha on Saturday, July 29, 2023, had poor self-image and low self-esteem, according to her estranged...

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Michael Giles

02 May 2025

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True crime interest revealed as Erin Patterson described as a ‘super sleuth’

ON DAY four of the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, one of the witnesses in the case, Christine Hunt, a member of a true crime Facebook group of which Erin was a member, described Mrs Patterson as “a bit of a super sleuth” within the group...

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Michael Giles

06 May 2025

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Mushroom meal prayers for Erin’s non-existent cancer

KORUMBURRA Baptist Minister Ian Wilkinson, the only person besides Erin Patterson to survive a poisonous mushroom lunch in Leongatha in July 2023, was in the witness stand on Day 6 of the triple murder trial in the Supreme Court at Morwell on...

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Michael Giles

06 May 2025

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Mushroom trial: ‘They can be scared and alive or dead’ he said

ON DAY 7 of Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial in the Supreme Court in Morwell on Wednesday this week the court heard from several family members of the victims of a poisonous mushroom lunch at Mrs Patterson’s home in July 2023 and also from...

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Michael Giles

07 May 2025

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Mushroom trial: Local road map to murder charges

NAMES and places familiar to South Gippsland residents have been a feature of Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial in the Supreme Court in Morwell during the first eight days of the trial. From the Betta Home Living store in Leongatha where Erin...

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Michael Giles

13 May 2025

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Mistakes to be made when foraging for mushrooms, he said

EVEN the most highly qualified botanists and mycologists have difficulty identifying poisonous mushrooms from those that are safe to eat. That was part of the testimony of expert mushroom witness in the Erin Patterson triple murder case, Dr Tom May...

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Michael Giles

13 May 2025

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Mushroom murder trial: How sick was Erin Patterson?

THERE was no doubt, according to Ian Wilkinson, the only other person to survive the poisonous mushroom lunch at Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home on Saturday, July 29, 2023, besides the cook herself, that Erin was eating her beef Wellington meal...

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Michael Giles

14 May 2025

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Murder allegations, lies and the hazards of mushrooming

ERIN Patterson lied to the police about foraging for wild mushrooms. Defence counsel for the woman accused of cooking a meal of beef Wellington, containing death cap mushrooms on Saturday, July 29, 2023, Colin Mandy SC, acknowledged that in his...

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Michael Giles

14 May 2025

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Juror discharged in mushroom murder trial at Morwell

IN A significant development on Day 12 of the Erin Patterson murder trial in Morwell on Thursday, May 15, one of the 15 jurors in the case was discharged by Justice Christopher Beale. In court on Thursday, in front of the remaining 14 jurors...

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Michael Giles

15 May 2025

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Erin Patterson’s in-laws ‘like the parents I didn’t have’

A GIPPSLAND Child Protection officer, Katrina Cripps, told the Supreme Court in Morwell on Thursday, May 15, that she had been called to conduct a welfare check on Erin and Simon Patterson’s children following a report to the Child Protection...

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Michael Giles

15 May 2025