Sydney (AFP) – An Australian woman accused of triple murder sent her children to the movies before serving up a toxic mushroom lunch that killed her guests, a court heard on Thursday.

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Ms Patterson, 50, is facing trial over the alleged death cap mushroom poisonings of Simon Patterson’s parents and aunt and uncle at a lunch she hosted on July 29, 2023, at her Leongatha home.

Simon, the estranged husband of mushroom cook Erin Patterson, has told the jury about the moment he turned down an invite to the lunch which ended up killing three members of his family.

The next day all four guests were hospitalised with symptoms of death cap mushroom poisoning, and later three of them died. Patterson was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder over ...

Credit: Supplied She served her guests steak wrapped in pastry with a mushroom paste containing death cap mushrooms, alongside mashed potato and greens, at her Leongatha home on 29 July ...

Alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson received a $2m inheritance from her grandmother, her husband has told a court. Simon Patterson said Ms Patterson received the hefy windfall in the year before ...

Simon Patterson was invited to the fatal meal prepared by Erin Patterson - but decided not to attend the day before The estranged husband of a woman who served a poisonous mushroom lunch to her ...

Alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson received a $2m inheritance from her grandmother, her husband has told a court. Simon Patterson said Ms Patterson received the hefy windfall in the year ...

SYDNEY, May 1 (Reuters) - The estranged husband of an Australian woman accused of murdering three of his elderly relatives with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms told a court on Thursday their ...

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All four guests were hospitalized the next day with poisoning from death cap mushrooms, also known as amanita phalloides, that were added to the beef and pastry dish. Ian Wilkinson survived after ...