The cook at the centre of the deadly mushroom meal,charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder,has appeared in court.
Patterson was at the centre of an investigation into the mushroom meal that is suspected to have killed three people in Victoria’s south-east.
Investigators called in the country’s top technology sniffer dog to hunt for new evidence before Erin Patterson was charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder.
Two months ago,Erin Patterson had four guests she says she loved over for lunch. Three are dead from suspected mushroom poisoning and today Patterson was arrested.
Days after being released from hospital,pastor Ian Wilkinson looked frail and used a walking frame to enter the memorial service for wife Heather,who has been remembered as a community stalwart.
Leongatha lunch survivor Ian Wilkinson’s recollections will be vital for detectives,as they continue the long-haul investigation after tests confirm the mushrooms did it.
Ian Wilkinson,who was one of four elderly people hospitalised after attending a lunch in Victoria’s south-east in July,left the Austin Hospital on Friday.
The quiet Victorian town was thrust into the international spotlight when three people died from suspected mushroom poisoning. Locals say community spirit is key to getting on with life.
Simon Patterson has paid tribute to his parents at a memorial service in the Gippsland town of Korumburra.
The woman who cooked a meal suspected of resulting in the deaths of three people has visited her lawyers in Melbourne.
Don and Gail Patterson died after they are believed to have eaten poisonous death cap mushrooms during a family lunch,but there are hopeful signs for another seriously ill victim.