
Melissa Brown
Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC Melbourne
Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC News (Australia)
“Everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio” (R Taylor) Early morning news in Melbourne. Queenslander, HATES the cold! Opinions/RTs mine.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Melissa Brown |Judd Boaz
Skip to timelineErin Patterson's defence lawyer is continuing his closing address to the jury, as the Victorian woman's triple-murder trial nears the end of its eighth week. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty to killing three of her family members and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown |Mikaela Ortolan
Skip to timelineErin Patterson's defence lawyer is continuing his closing address to the jury after eight weeks of evidence in the triple-murder trial. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three of her family members by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog as it unfolds. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown
Closing addresses continue in Erin Patterson's murder trial. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow today's court hearing in our live blog as they happen. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News. Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC began summing up her case to the jury yesterday.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Judd Boaz |Melissa Brown
Skip to timelineClosing addresses are due to begin in Erin Patterson's murder trial which is in its eighth week in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the proceedings in our blog as they happened. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Melissa Brown |Mikaela Ortolan
Skip to timelineThe Supreme Court hearing of Erin Patterson is now in its seventh week in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. She's pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the proceedings in our blog as they happen. To stay up to date with this story, subscribe to ABC News.
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