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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 | 
rnz.co.nz | Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan
By Joseph Dunstan and Mikaela Ortolan Erin Patterson's lawyers have argued a lack of motive weakens the case made by the prosecution in her triple-murder trial. Earlier, the prosecution alleged Patterson told "lies upon lies" in the days after the lunch as part of a cover-up. Defence barrister Colin Mandy SC is expected to continue with his closing address on Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan
Prosecutors have told Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial jury the mother of two carried out a "sinister deception" on her in-laws by using a "nourishing meal" as the vehicle for lethal doses of death cap mushrooms. Ms Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder over a beef Wellington lunch served to four relatives at her regional Victorian home in 2023.
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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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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Melissa Brown |Mikaela Ortolan
Skip to timelineErin Patterson's triple-murder trial is entering a seventh week in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. She's accused of murdering three relatives 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. Welcome back to our live coverage of Erin Patterson's trial in Morwell.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Mikaela Ortolan |Joseph Dunstan
On Thursday, crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC launched her cross-examination of Erin Patterson, who is accused of murdering three of her relatives after they ate a beef Wellington she prepared and served. During her questioning, Dr Rogers put several propositions to Ms Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder and maintains the deaths were a tragic accident. Here are some of those accusations and how Ms Patterson responded.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Mikaela Ortolan |Joseph Dunstan
By Mikaela Ortolan and Joseph DunstanAccused triple-murderer Erin Patterson has given her account of how she made a beef Wellington dish that resulted in the deaths of three relatives and made another seriously ill. Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, was the sole surviving guest of the lunch.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan |Melissa Brown
Erin Patterson has been charged with three counts of murder after she served beef Wellingtons containing death cap mushrooms to her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson along with Ian and Heather Wilkinson. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty, saying their deaths were a tragic accident. Follow the trial in our live blog.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Nicole Asher |Mikaela Ortolan
The Victorian government will inject more funding into the state's troubled healthcare system in a bid to make it cheaper and more accessible. With the 2025 state budget due to be handed down later today, the government has announced a $634.3 million package to open nine new or expanded hospitals. These include the Footscray Hospital, Frankston Hospital and Maryborough and District Hospital.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Kristian Silva |Tim Callanan |Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan
Erin's son is now talking about the day of the lunch. He says his friend stayed at his house on the Friday night before the lunch. He says Erin told him about the lunch on the Saturday morning. He tells the officer interviewing him that he and his sister and a friend went to see a movie in Leongatha on the day of the lunch. All three were then picked up from the cinema by his father and driven back to Erin's house. He says he said hello to the lunch guests.
