Australia mushroom trial live: murder-accused Erin Patterson tells court she foraged mushrooms and ate them with her children

<p>Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow live</p><p>Barrister <strong>Colin</strong> <strong>Mandy</strong> SC asks his client why at one stage there were three properties in both <strong>Erin </strong>and <strong>Simon Patterson’s</strong> name when the couple had been separated for four years.</p><p>I always thought we would bring the family back together. That is what I wanted ... It was something tangible to say to Simon, I see a future for us.</p><p>I have not.</p><p>I’ve never had a needle biopsy anywhere.</p><p>I consulted Dr Google.</p><p>I alternated that with Don.</p><p>We did talk about it sometimes.</p><p>The kind of conversations that we had ... they would gently make fun of the fact that I was religious and I would try and evangelise back to them in a sense ... It was sort of all in good humour.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/03/erin-patterson-trial-live-updates-australia-mushroom-case-day-25-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>