Erin Patterson's Mushroom Murder Trial

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Erin Patterson , 50 , is charged with the murder of three relatives and the attempted murder of another.

She is accused of poisoning her family with a beef wellington lunch in July 2023 .

Her defence team says she "panicked" after unintentionally serving poison to family members she loved.

Three people died in hospital in the days after the meal, including her in-laws, Don Patterson , Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson .

And she made a trip to a local dump to dispose of a food dehydrator prosecutors say she used to prepare the toxic meal. Ms Patterson's barrister has said she did not deliberately serve poisoned food to her guests. "The defence case is that she panicked because she was overwhelmed by the fact that these four people had become so ill because of the food she had served them.".

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