Accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson left out of alleged victim Don Patterson’s will, court documents show

Accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson has been left out of her former father-in-law and alleged victim Don Patterson’s $2.6 million will, according to documents presented to Victoria’s Supreme Court.

According to a Herald Sun report on Thursday, Supreme Court documents show Don’s estate will be divided between his three sons Simon, Matthew, and Nathan Patterson, and daughter Anna Terrington, with nothing for Erin Patterson, who is Simon’s estranged wife.

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Erin Patterson is accused of killing her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, by allegedly serving them a beef wellington laced with deadly mushrooms at her regional Victorian home in July last year.

She has been charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder over the deaths following the lunch at her Leongatha home, and earlier alleged incidents.

Patterson is accused of the attempted murder of her ex-husband Simon at the lunch, to which he was invited but did not attend, and on separate occasions dating back to 2021, and the attempted murder of Wilkinson’s husband Ian, 68, at the lunch.

In May she pleaded not guilty to all eight charges and will return to court next month.

Don died on August 5, last year, at The Austin Hospital. Gail and Heather died just one day earlier. Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, 70, survived the lunch.

Patterson denies any wrongdoing.

According to the Herald Sun report, Don’s estate includes a $680,000 home in Korumburra, a $695,000 unit in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh East, $634,000 in superannuation, $516,000 in shares, $88,000 in cash, and a $30,000 caravan.

Don’s executors were named as his two youngest children, Nathan and Anna, with the pair able to divide the assets of the will after it was granted probate.

The documents also note that Don’s official cause of death has yet to be established “as the death of the deceased is subject to a coronial inquiry”, the Herald Sun reported.