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  • 2 days ago | theguardian.com | Nino Bucci |Lisa Favazzo |Michael Kalenderian

    Erin Patterson faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her house in Victoria’s Leongatha on 29 July 2023. She has pleaded not guilty to murdering or attempting to murder the relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson. Guardian Australia’s justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci has been attending the trial since it began, and explains what’s happened so far.

  • 5 days ago | theguardian.com | Nino Bucci

    “If we’re going to see koalas today, it will be in the next few hundred metres,” my guide calls to me as we tackle stage two of the Clare Valley wine and wilderness trail. So far, flame robins have licked the trees just in front of us, galahs have shrieked to mark our arrival in otherwise serene clearings, and roos have skipped away, barely snapping a twig. There are no koalas but, before long, we have managed to sneak up on a winery.

  • 6 days ago | theguardian.com | Nino Bucci |Adeshola Ore

    Erin Patterson’s children ate the leftovers of her beef wellington lunch after their mother and relatives fell ill eating the same meal the previous day, a court has heard. Videos of interviews the siblings gave separately to police on 16 August 2023 have been shown to the jury in Patterson’s triple murder trial. Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to the lunch she served at her house in Leongatha on 29 July 2023.

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Nino Bucci |Karishma Luthria |Camilla Hannan |Hannah Parkes

    Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her estranged husband Simon’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, his aunt, Heather Wilkinson and attempting to murder his uncle Ian Wilkinson in 2023The cause of death: a meal of beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Patterson has pleaded not guilty but it’s a case that continues to intrigue, as each day in the courtroom brings new revelations.. Reged Ahmad speaks to courts and justice reporter Nino Bucci on the first week of the trial.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nino Bucci |Ben Smee |Jordyn Beazley

    Paul McDonough was released from custody and went straight home to beat his partner to death. Henry Shepherdson killed his child after gaining access despite repeatedly breaching family violence orders. Kumanjayi Dixon had 47 recorded police incidents involving his relationship with his partner but was free to set her alight.

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