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Patterson’s trial is entering its fourth week.

We’re waiting for the jurors to enter the courtroom in Morwell.

Here’s a report from our justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, on what the jury heard last week.

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Welcome

Welcome to day 14 of Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial.

We’re expecting today’s evidence to begin after 10.30am once the jurors enter the courtroom.

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha, in regional Victoria, on 29 July 2023.

She is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and her estranged husband’s aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The attempted murder charge relates to Heather’s husband, Ian.

She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecution alleges Patterson deliberately poisoned her lunch guests with “murderous intent”, but her lawyers say the poisoning was a tragic accident.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/19/erin-patterson-trial-live-australian-woman-mushroom-updates-witness-evidence-day-14-murder-case-ntwnfb

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