Erin Patterson refused help in plating up fatal mushroom lunch, sole surviving guest tells murder trial

<p>Ian Wilkinson, whose wife was among three who died, tells Victorian court the triple murder accused ‘just seemed like a normal person to me’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/06/erin-patterson-trial-live-evidence-continues-on-day-six-of-mushroom-cooks-trial-ntwnfb">Erin Patterson trial LIVE</a></li><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></ul><p>The only surviving guest of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/05/alleged-mushroom-murders-trial-husband-simon-patterson-witness-ntwnfb">the beef wellington lunch</a> at Erin Patterson’s house has told her triple murder trial he was happy and excited about being invited for the meal.</p><p>Ian Wilkinson, the pastor at the Korumburra Baptist church, is the sixth witness in the supreme court trial at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/06/erin-patterson-mushroom-trial-ian-wilkinson-sole-lunch-survivor-witness-evidence-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>