Erin Patterson trial live updates: mushroom cook’s murder trial continues in Victoria’s supreme court

<p>Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023. Follow live updates</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/01/who-is-erin-patterson-australia-woman-key-figures-mushroom-murders-trial-simon-don-gail-victoria-ntwnfb">Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/01/erin-patterson-husband-simon-mushroom-lunch-murder-trial-australia-ntwnfb">‘Important you’re all there’: Erin Patterson urged husband to reconsider skipping mushroom lunch, murder trial hears</a></li></ul><p>After this, Patterson pushed for the pair to equally split the costs of their children’s school fees.</p><p>Simon says he had been advised by the “child support people” not to do this because these fees would be covered in his payments to Patterson.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/01/erin-patterson-trial-live-updates-day-three-leongatha-mushroom-australia-woman-supreme-court-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>