Simon Atkinson
Senior Producer, Australia at BBC
News producer, video journalist, occasional writer - helping cover Australia, NZ & Pacific for the BBC. Dad jokes and proud.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Sarah Turnnidge |Simon Atkinson
Image source, HandoutImage caption, Eli Sweeting was reported missing after failing to return from a solo hike Search efforts for a British hiker who has been missing for more than a week in New Zealand have been "paused", police have said. Eli Sweeting, 25, who is originally from Bristol, was reported missing on 4 May after failing to return from a solo hike up Mitre Peak, a steep mountain on the country's South Island.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Katy Watson |Simon Atkinson
The victims included Ms Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66. Mr Wilkinson, a local pastor and Heather's husband, survived after weeks of treatment in hospital. He told the packed courtroom that his family had thought the lunch invitation was a sign that their relationship was "going to improve". Asked about his relationship with Ms Patterson he added: "I would say our relationship was friendly, amicable.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Katy Watson |Simon Atkinson
Shroom-addled driver who ‘felt like God’ sentenced for double fatal crash in MilwaukieA man who blazed through a red light in Milwaukie while high on psychedelic mushrooms was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the ensuing crash, …
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Simon Atkinson |Katy Watson
Three people died in hospital in the days after the meal, including Ms Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66. Local pastor Ian Wilkinson survived after weeks of treatment in hospital. The jury has been shown text messages exchanged between Simon and Erin Patterson the day before the deadly mushroom lunch. Mr Patterson said he felt "too uncomfortable" about attending the lunch.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Simon Atkinson |Katy Watson
19 hours agoWoman who served deadly wellington ‘put own lunch on different coloured plate’An Australian woman accused of killing her in-laws with a poisoned beef wellington had served her own lunch on a different coloured plate to the ones she gave her guests, a court has heard.
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