Sydney, May 1, 2025 (AFP) - Australian mushroom meal victim 'hunched' in pain, court hears

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2025-05-01

The husband of an Australian woman accused of triple murder with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington told a court Thursday his father was "hunched" in pain before he died. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with three murders -- of the parents and aunt of her estranged husband -- and one attempted murder. She has pleaded not guilty to all counts, with her defence saying the fatal beef-and-pastry meal, laced with death cap mushrooms, was the result......

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