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Erin Patterson trial jury urged to put aside sympathy for mushroom lunch guests and ignore ‘unprecedented’ media attention

Judge begins charge to jurors, saying they must weigh evidence against triple murder accused ‘with an open mind, not according to your feelings’

The Guardian - AU

Australia mushroom murder trial judge tells jury to ignore lies in reaching verdict

Justice Christopher Beale tells jurors they must decide whether Erin Patterson is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt: ‘This is a court of law, not a court of morals’

The Independent UK

Judge Tells Australian Mushroom Murder Jury To Put Emotion Aside

Jury members in the trial of an Australian woman accused of murdering three relatives with a toxic mushroom-laced meal were warned Tuesday to cast aside any "prejudice and sympathy".

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Accidental foraging, reasonable doubt and ‘lies upon lies’: Erin Patterson jury hears week of closing submissions in triple-murder trial

Jurors must find accused not guilty if ‘reasonable possibility’ mushroom poisoning was an accident, defence barrister says, while prosecution points to ‘calculated deception’

The Guardian - AU

Jury urged to reject ‘ridiculous’ and ‘convoluted’ propositions in Erin Patterson mushroom trial as defence completes closing address

Barrister for triple-murder accused tells jurors they should accept mushroom cook’s account of panic about blame for fatal lunch

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson could have eaten same lunch as guests and suffered less severe poisoning, defence says

Murder accused’s barrister also warns jurors against using ‘dangerous and seductive’ hindsight reasoning to find mushroom lunch cook guilty

The Guardian - AU

Australian Mushroom Murder Suspect Not On Trial For Lying: Defence

An Australian woman accused of killing three lunch guests with deadly mushrooms should not be judged guilty just because she lied after the meal, her defence lawyer said Wednesday.

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Australian Mushroom Murder Suspect Told 'Lies Upon Lies': Prosecutor

An Australian woman told "lies upon lies" to cover up her murder of three lunch guests with a toxic mushroom-laced dish, the lead prosecutor said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Defence urges jury to guard against desire to punish Erin Patterson for causing mushroom lunch deaths

Triple murder accused had no reason to harm in-laws, barrister tells court, as closing address continues

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson trial hears of ‘four calculated deceptions’ at heart of mushroom lunch case as closing address begins

Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought ‘her lie would die with them’

The Guardian - AU

Tears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness box

Triple murder accused finishes giving evidence in seventh week of mushroom lunch trial

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson says she didn’t deliberately source death caps and serve to guests as murder trial evidence concludes

Patterson tells court her children were mistaken when they said she served herself leftover beef wellington the night of the lunch

The Guardian - AU

‘The perfect dish for them’: Erin Patterson explains why she included dried mushrooms in fatal lunch

Triple-murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continues

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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Erin Patterson mushroom trial day 29 – as it happened

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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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

Mushrooms, foraging and venting on Facebook: after weeks of silence, Erin Patterson begins to tell court her side of the story

Accused triple murderer gives emotional testimony as she faces questions on beef wellington lunch that killed three

The Independent UK

Woman who denies mushroom murders of her in-laws accepts that she served them death caps for lunch

An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms has told a court she accepts the fatal lunch she served contained death caps

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells jury she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and feels ‘ashamed’ of Facebook messages she wrote about her family

The Independent UK

Erin Patterson talks about family rift at fatal mushroom lunch trial

Accused, 50, describes fractured family dynamic and struggles with low self-esteem in court testimony

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: mushroom cook gives evidence in murder trial; rightwing candidate wins Poland’s election; and inside the mind of JoJo Siwa

Erin Patterson tells triple murder trial she had begun feeling some distance with her estranged husband’s family before the alleged murders

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