Sydney, June 30, 2025 (AFP) - Sweet-smelling fungi at centre of Australian triple-murder trial

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2025-06-30

The triple-murder trial of Australian Erin Patterson revolves around an innocuous-looking mushroom with a "slightly sweet" smell and a sinister name. Patterson is accused of killing her husband's parents and aunt in 2023 by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with highly toxic death cap mushrooms. The 50-year-old has strenuously denied the charges, saying the hearty meal was contaminated by accident. Throughout a headline-grabbing trial spannin......

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