Wayne Flower

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Wayne Flower

Erin Patterson told friends she was 'hiding mushrooms in everything' after buying a dehydrator in the lead-up to hosting her deadly lunch. On Monday, three of Patterson's Facebook chums appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria via video link where they gave evidence against the alleged killer. Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering her estranged husband Simon Patterson's parents Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Wayne Flower

Simon Patterson has denied accusing his estranged wife Erin of poisoning his parents in the days after the deadly lunch. Concluding his evidence on Monday, Mr Patterson was taken to a conversation he had with Patterson at Monash Medical Centre after the deadly lunch on July 29, 2023. The court heard Patterson had a conversation with her husband about a dehydrator she had used to hide mushrooms in their children's muffins.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Wayne Flower

Erin Patterson argued with her estranged husband about a late invite to his mother's birthday party in the months before she allegedly murdered her. On Friday, Simon Patterson was again forced to face the woman accused of killing his parents Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson. They died after consuming death cap mushrooms served in a pastry dish during a lunch at her Leongatha home on July 29, 2023.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Sabrina Penty |Wayne Flower

The husband of an Australian woman accused of murdering her in-laws with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington told a court on Thursday how his father was 'hunched' in pain just moments before he died. On the second day of a trial that has gripped the world, the accused woman's husband Simon Patterson, described seeing his parents in hospital after they had been poisoned. 'Dad was substantially worse than mum. He was really struggling,' he told the court.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Wayne Flower

Simon Patterson has entered the witness box to give evidence against his former wife Erin. It is the first time Simon has laid eyes on his estranged wife in person since her arrest over the alleged murder of his parents in 2023. Patterson, 50, is accused of killing her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, with death cap mushrooms served in a pastry dish during a lunch at her Leongatha home on July 29, 2023.