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Woman on trial charged with murdering ex-husband's relatives with poisonous mushrooms

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Woman on trial charged with murdering ex-husband's relatives with poisonous mushrooms.

Prosecutor Nanette Rogers opened her case against Erin Patterson , 50 , in the Victoria state Supreme Court.

She served meals of beef Wellington , mashed potato and green beans at her home in the rural town of Leongartha .

All four guests were hospitalized the next day with poisoning from death cap mushrooms.

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informal

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English

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45

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