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Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson intended to kill lunch guests and thought cancer lie ‘would die with them’, prosecution says


Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live

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

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Earlier, Rogers told the jury that there were “four calculated deceptions” made by Patterson that were “at the heart of the case”:

1. That Patterson “fabricated” a cancer claim as the reason for the lunch.

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Publish date : 2025-06-16 02:32:00

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