Erin Patterson trial recap: Accused triple murderer gives evidence on fatal mushroom lunch
Scroll down for the latest updates from Erin Patterson’s evidence.
Key events
03 Jun 2025 - 02:30 PM
Trial adjourned for day - Erin Patterson to continue evidence on Wednesday
03 Jun 2025 - 02:28 PM
‘Pungent’ mushrooms from Asian grocer put in container and left in cupboard ahead of fatal lunch
03 Jun 2025 - 02:20 PM
Patterson picked wild mushrooms and ate them multiple times
03 Jun 2025 - 02:12 PM
‘That was a little experiment’: How Erin used her dehydrator
03 Jun 2025 - 02:04 PM
Patterson accepted death cap mushrooms were in fatal lunch
03 Jun 2025 - 12:31 PM
Court has resumed, however Patterson’s further evidence has been delayed
03 Jun 2025 - 11:02 AM
Court adjourned for lunch break after objection
03 Jun 2025 - 10:53 AM
‘I chopped them up very small, so they couldn’t pick them out’: Patterson fed wild mushrooms to kids
03 Jun 2025 - 10:48 AM
‘More flavour’: Patterson explains love for ‘exotic’ mushrooms
03 Jun 2025 - 10:43 AM
‘Loved mushrooms’: Patterson explains food dehydrator use
03 Jun 2025 - 10:39 AM
Patterson reveals eating disorder struggles
03 Jun 2025 - 10:32 AM
‘I was sorry’: Patterson’s holiday messages to ex
03 Jun 2025 - 10:22 AM
‘I’m sick of this sh.t’: Patterson tells Facebook group she wanted ‘nothing to do’ with ex, in-laws
03 Jun 2025 - 10:17 AM
‘This family, I swear to f..king god’: Patterson’s ‘private’ Facebook vent
03 Jun 2025 - 10:05 AM
Patterson claims ex-partner wanted a ‘mediator’ brought in
03 Jun 2025 - 09:42 AM
Patterson details first ‘conflict over money’ with former partner
03 Jun 2025 - 09:35 AM
Patterson ‘very hurt’ by invitation ‘oversight’ for late relatives 70th birthday
03 Jun 2025 - 09:29 AM
Patterson reveals when she was told former partner changed tax record to ‘single’
03 Jun 2025 - 09:23 AM
‘Every headache is not a brain tumour,’ Patterson says
03 Jun 2025 - 09:20 AM
Patterson tells court she never had cancer, but turned to ‘Dr Google’ for ‘self-diagnosis’
03 Jun 2025 - 09:16 AM
Patterson tells court she ‘didn’t trust’ health care system
03 Jun 2025 - 09:10 AM
‘I always thought we would bring the family back together’, Patterson tells court
03 Jun 2025 - 09:04 AM
Patterson’s role at church with Patterson family
03 Jun 2025 - 08:58 AM
Patterson becomes emotional discussing late in-laws
03 Jun 2025 - 08:53 AM
Division of assets after 2015 ‘formal separation’
03 Jun 2025 - 08:49 AM
Why Pattersons moved back to Victoria
03 Jun 2025 - 08:45 AM
Patterson used inheritance to start ‘second hand book shop’.
03 Jun 2025 - 08:43 AM
Patterson gives evidence on inheritance she recieved
03 Jun 2025 - 08:39 AM
Jury enters courtroom for second day of Erin’s evidence
03 Jun 2025 - 08:19 AM
When Erin Patterson will return to the stand
03 Jun 2025 - 08:16 AM
Erin Patterson to give evidence for second day at triple murder trial
Max Corstorphan is reporting live.
When Erin Patterson will return to the stand
Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson will return to the witness box from 10.30am AEST.
In her evidence on Monday, Ms Patterson gave background on meeting her now former-partner Simon Patterson, meeting his family, the couple’s wedding and honeymoon and the birth of her first son.
Ms Patterson is yet to give evidence on the fatal lunch, with that evidence expected today.
Erin Patterson to give evidence for second day at triple murder trial
An accused triple murderer will keep giving evidence to a jury after an emotional day discussing her life leading up to preparing a toxic mushroom dish.
Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one attempted murder charge over a poisonous beef Wellington lunch she made for her former husband’s family in July 2023.
Her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, died in hospital days after eating the dish, while Ian Wilkinson was the only surviving guest.
Six weeks into her Supreme Court jury trial, in the town of Morwell about two hours’ drive southeast of Melbourne, she was called as the defence’s witness on Monday.
