Erin Patterson murder trial day 20 – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2025
Protester accosts judge as Erin Patterson trial hears how officials tried to find source of deadly mushrooms Health department witness tells Victorian supreme court of efforts to glean information from Patterson in days after fatal mushroom lunch The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2025
Protester Interrupts Mushroom Cook Erin Patterson’s Trial: ‘How Can You Be A Judge?’ Erin Patterson's high-profile mushroom trial has been interrupted by a male protester who made allegations against the judge. Pedestrian.tv · May 26, 2025
Mushroom murder trial hears from public health official A health investigator tasked with finding the source of poisonous mushrooms cooked by Erin Patterson has recalled how she didn't return messages after the meal. AAP · May 26, 2025
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. AAP · May 23, 2025
A life saved and what Erin Patterson allegedly confided to friends: week four of the mushroom lunch trial Sole surviving lunch guest watches on as Victorian supreme court hears how hospital staff ‘thought he was going to die’ from death cap mushroom poisoning The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2025
'Going to die': how mushroom lunch almost killed four Doctors thought Ian Wilkinson was going to die in hospital after consuming a lunch served by mushroom cook Erin Patterson, a jury has been told. AAP · May 22, 2025
‘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 The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2025
'Deadbeat': Patterson's alleged husband vent revealed Erin Patterson's alleged messages to friends referring to her former husband as "gaslighting" and a "deadbeat" have been shown at her triple-murder trial. AAP · May 22, 2025
'Death cap' site found on PC seized from Patterson home One year before she served up a poisonous beef Wellington, a death cap website was accessed on a computer later seized from Erin Patterson's home. AAP · May 21, 2025
Data quizzed after cook's phone pinged near mushrooms Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson's legal team has quizzed a phone expert on the limitations of analysing cell data, as her mushroom lunch trial continues. AAP · May 19, 2025
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 · May 19, 2025
Erin Patterson murder trial day 14 – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2025
Mushroom cook's phone detected near death cap sites Accused killer Erin Patterson's mobile connected to phone towers near death cap mushroom locations in the months before a deadly lunch, a jury has been told. AAP · May 18, 2025
The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2025 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
AAP · May 15, 2025 Murder trial told how death cap mushrooms become lethal A toxicologist has outlined to Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial the various factors that make consuming death cap mushrooms lethal.
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 Woman in Australia’s mushroom triple murder trial told social worker ex-husband was ‘controlling’ Erin Patterson told child protection worker her separated husband had become ‘nasty towards her’
The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2025 Juror discharged from mushroom lunch trial as child protection worker reveals what Erin Patterson told her Victorian supreme court judge says he received information the juror had been discussing Patterson’s case with family and friends
The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2025 Erin Patterson trial day 12 – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Conversation · May 14, 2025 Justice on demand? The true crime podcasts serving up Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial The trial of the so-called “mushroom cook” Erin Patterson, currently underway in the Victorian town of Morwell, continues to generate global attention.
The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025 Erin Patterson showed no sign of liver damage experienced by other mushroom lunch attenders, trial hears Victorian jury also sees images appearing to show accused disposing of food dehydrator at tip, and hears from expert who examined lunch leftovers
AAP · May 14, 2025 Dumped food dehydrator shown to mushroom murder trial Footage has been shown at a murder trial of a woman dumping a food dehydrator at a tip, two days after Erin Patterson served a poisonous mushroom lunch.
The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025 Erin Patterson murder trial day 11 – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Independent UK · May 13, 2025 Erin Patterson murder trial told dangerous death cap mushroom sighted near her home Court told mushroom expert logged photos and GPS coordinates on a citizen science website
The Guardian - AU · May 13, 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