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Sole survivor of Australian mushroom poisoning grieves loss of wife and friends

Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of a deadly Australian mushroom poisoning, says he feels only half alive after losing his wife and two close friends

The Independent UK

Australian Mushroom Meal Survivor Says 'Half Alive' After Wife's Killing

The only guest to survive a toxic mushroom lunch with Australian murderer Erin Patterson said Monday he feels "half alive" without his wife, who was one of the three victims.

International Business Times

Australia's Mushroom Murderer Faces Victims' Family In Court

Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson faces her victims' relatives in court Monday before a judge sentences her for a triple murder that made headlines worldwide.

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Erin Patterson plea hearing: mushroom murderer’s prison conditions ‘don’t sound very humane’, judge says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Mushroom Triple Murderer Erin Patterson To Face Families Of Victims For Plea Hearing

The plea hearing will likely see statements from Patterson’s husband, Simon Patterson, and the sole mushroom lunch survivor, Ian Wilkinson.

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'No mercy': life behind bars awaits Erin Patterson

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson accepts she will receive a maximum term of life behind bars but asked a judge to consider giving her eventual release on parole.

AAP

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will face the families of her victims at a plea hearing. Here’s what to expect

Prosecutors have warned there will be ‘a lot’ of victim impact statements, taking up one full day of the two-day hearing which begins at the supreme court in Melbourne on Monday

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Australian mushroom murderer 'served poisoned pasta, chicken curry and wrap to her husband'

Simon Patterson kept a spreadsheet of his illnesses the court heard he suffered after eating his estranged wife's cooking

Evening Standard

Erin Patterson’s Husband Thinks She Had Been Trying To Poison Him Since 2021

A lifted gag order means new revelations about triple mushroom murderer Gina Patterson can now be revealed.

Pedestrian.tv

Erin Patterson tells police she ‘loved’ poisoned parents-in-law in newly released interview footage

Video shows triple murderer telling police her estranged husband ‘hated that I still had a relationship with his parents, but I loved them’

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom cook's lies to police exposed on film

Erin Patterson's lies to police and claims she loved her estranged husband's family after killing them can be viewed as a court released her police interview.

AAP

Erin Patterson trial: Judge lifts gag order on new evidence the jury didn’t see

Erin Patterson’s husband says he feared estranged wife would poison him

The Independent UK

Australian Mushroom Murderer Accused Of Poisoning Husband

Australia's recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with a chicken korma curry, according to accusations aired Friday after a suppression order lapsed.

International Business Times

Penchant for poison: what the mushroom jury didn't hear

Another trip to the tip, poison documents and an allegedly fake cat: what the jury did not hear in killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson's trial.

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Why estranged husband didn't go to deadly mushroom meal

Erin Patterson's estranged husband Simon did not go to a toxic mushroom lunch at her home as he believed she'd been trying to poison him, it can be revealed.

The Guardian - AU

Suspicions, mystery illnesses and a jar of vomit: what the Erin Patterson jury wasn’t told

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was lifted

AAP

Patterson husband's poison fears pre-dated deadly lunch

Erin Patterson's estranged husband feared she was poisoning him on several camping trips in the years before she murdered his loved ones.

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Videos from mushroom murder trial released

Videos used to prosecute convicted killer Erin Patterson have been released, revealing key moments the jury saw and heard during her 11-week trial.

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The Guardian - AU

Footage of Erin Patterson dumping food dehydrator released weeks after guilty murder verdicts

Video from local tip and police search of Patterson’s Leongatha home made public by Victorian supreme court

AAP

Mushroom killer's house restrained after guilty verdict

Prosecutors have successfully sought to restrain mushroom cook Erin Patterson's property after she was found guilty of murdering three people.

The Guardian - AU

Two years ago, Erin Patterson’s lunch guests were admitted to hospital. This week she became a convicted murderer

The mushroom murder trial attracted so much attention that Morwell, where the court is located, and nearby Traralgon received an economic boom. And then it was over

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom trial spawns toxic media hot takes after Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict

Coverage ranges from psychedelic gifs to ‘full-on Walking Dead-style zombie stuff’. Plus: is the ABC really listening?

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Complaints, Love Letters & Hecklers: More Details Of Erin Patterson’s Prison Life Emerge

"It’s not a hotel; it’s a prison ... It’s not meant to be customised for your comfort," a guard said.

The Independent UK

Doctor who treated Erin Patterson’s death cap mushroom victims reveals alarming details

Intensive care doctor says murder convict’s lunch guests were ‘certainly the sickest patients in the whole state’

The Independent UK

The mushroom poisoning trial captivated Australia. Why Erin Patterson did it remains a mystery

Erin Patterson's murder convictions for the deaths by mushroom poisoning of her estranged husband's relatives has prompted fevered speculation across Australia about her motive

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