murder The Beef Wellington Murder Case Commences...

[wiggins]

I've been wating for this one. She's a real sociopath, of course, alleged sociopath, but I think she'll be found guilty. I like the look on her ex husband's face. He's really going to enjoy seeing this cunt locked away for life.

I'd be like that if my ex was charged with murder. I'd attend court every day and sit there grinning at her... not that I'm bitter...

Attempted murder charges dropped in Erin Patterson mushroom cook case​

JOHN FERGUSON and ELLIE DUDLEY

The murder trial of mushroom chef Erin Patterson is expected to last up to six weeks. Artwork: Frank Ling.




Prosecutors running the murder case against Leongatha mushroom chef Erin Patterson have dropped charges relating to the alleged attempted murder of her ex-husband, a court has heard, as a jury is empaneled and the trial commences.
Dozens of potential jurors were called to the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on Tuesday to undergo the official process to determine who would be one of the 15 people chosen.
The Victorian Supreme Court will use the local courthouse, 90 minutes east of Melbourne in Morwell, for the expected five to six-week trial of Ms Patterson.
She has pleaded not guilty to murdering three of her ex-husband Simon Patterson’s relatives in mid-2023.

Alleged victims include Simon’s elderly parents, Don and Gail, both 70, who died after allegedly attending a lunch gathering at Leongatha, which is 60km south west of Morwell, where the trial is being held.
Heather Wilkinson, Simon’s 66-year-old aunt, also died after death cap mushrooms were allegedly served in the meal. Erin Patterson has consistently denied wrongdoing.
A fourth diner, Ian Wilkinson, 68 - Simon’s uncle - was critically ill but recovered after the incident to continue his role as Korumburra Baptist Church pastor.

Ein Patterson’s ex-husband Simon Patterson. Picture: David Crosling
The jury was empanelled on Tuesday with an expected prosecution opening on Wednesday before Justice Christopher Beale.
The lunch is alleged to have been served on July 29, 2023, with the two women dying on August 4 of that year and Mr Patterson the following day.
Ms Patterson had also faced attempted murder charges relating to her ex-husband, Simon. The jury on Tuesday heard the charges had been discontinued.

The three deceased were from Korumburra in South Gippsland, 120km southeast of Melbourne.
Korumburra is a service town that was built around a now defunct coal mine and is today increasingly becoming a tree changer destination for Melburnians.
The murder charges were filed in nearby Morwell on November 3, 2023.
Morwell is 155km southeast of Melbourne and is something of a regional capital, serving as a large service centre in a region of mixed economic fortunes after the decline of coal-powered electricity and the privatisation of the old State Electricity Commission in the 1990s.
The informant for the case is Detective leading senior constable Stephen Eppingstall. Ms Patterson’s senior barrister is Colin Mandy, SC, and her solicitor is Bill Doogue.
The senior prosecutor is Dr Nanette Rogers, SC.
The Weekend Australian broke the news of the alleged poisoning a week after the meal was allegedly prepared by Ms Patterson.
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[djdeeds]

When I first heard about it a few months back I immediately knew she did it when I read the part where she claims to have bought a packet of dried mushrooms from somewhere she can't remember or when she bought them or what she was doing the day she bought them - just a low I.Q bitter ex spouse that didn't have the foresight to plot her murder properly.

 

[badangel7]

damn no all i can think is No No Nanette

 

[wiggins]

When I first heard about it a few months back I immediately knew she did it when I read the part where she claims to have bought a packet of dried mushrooms from somewhere she can't remember or when she bought them or what she was doing the day she bought them - just a low I.Q bitter ex spouse that didn't have the foresight to plot her murder properly.

And just happened to throw out the dehydrator at the tip because she was in a 'panic'...

 

[Andy.]

Gold standard criminal psychopath here.
This all happened under one hour's drive from me.
Finally... before the courts. 😎 🍄🍄🍄

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Oh man I could murder a beef Wellington right about now.

Story seems interesting thanks for posting it

 

[j.f.🔎]

So she's a mushroom chef and 3 (nearly 4) people died from a meal she made?
She ain't gonna get away with manslaughter that's for sure.

 

[Super Kirbo]

Key points about Death Cap mushrooms:

• Highly toxic: Death Cap mushrooms are among the most poisonous mushrooms in the world.
  
  
• Amatoxins: They contain amatoxins, which are highly toxic cyclic peptides that can cause severe organ damage.
  
  
• Toxin persistence: The toxins are not destroyed by cooking, drying, or even freezing.
  
  
• Delayed symptoms: Symptoms of poisoning can appear 6-24 hours after ingestion, and may subside for a time before progressing to organ failure.
  
  
• Serious consequences: Ingestion can lead to liver and kidney failure, and death.

Sounds fucked!!!!

 

[Super Kirbo]

Why is it a bad idea to eat too many mushrooms for dinner? Because you won't have mushroom left for dessert.

 

[wiggins]

Here's her secret: individual beef wellingtons...

Accused told in-laws she had cancer

Ellie Dudley
Erin Patterson announced she had cancer at the fatal mushroom lunch.
Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC has told the court Ms Patterson, over a meal of beef wellington, asked for advice from her ex-husband’s parents, his aunt and his uncle about whether she should tell her two children about her diagnosis.
The lunch guests, Don and Gail Patterson and Ian and Heather Wilkinson, were served individual beef Wellingtons.
The court heard Gail ate only half her beef wellington and gave the rest to Don.
Don ate his and half of Gail’s.
The group prayed as a group for wisdom over Ms Patterson’s conversation with her children about her diagnosis.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Why is it a bad idea to eat too many mushrooms for dinner? Because you won't have mushroom left for dessert.

What’s the difference between beef Wellington and an asteroid? One is meaty and the other is a little meteor.

 

[wiggins]

Lots more updates today:

Erin Patterson faces court as death cap mushrooms case outlined​

JOHN FERGUSON

Detective Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall and Crown Prosecutor Nanette Rogers arrive at court on Wednesday. Picture: AFP



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At 11.13am Dr Nanette Rogers SC stood and turned at a 45-degree angle towards the mushroom trials jury in Court 4 at Morwell.
With her left hand leaning on the lectern and her right moving mid-air, accentuating her words, the veteran prosecutor outlined the case against Erin Trudi Patterson.
It was the first time the broad parameters of the case against Ms Patterson had been made public.
The Supreme Court, sitting in Gippsland, was captivated by the claimed facts, Dr Rogers at times detailing in clinical fashion the impact of death cap mushrooms.
Diarrhoea, vomiting; a sad – often crippling – road to illness.
It must be stressed that all times, Ms Patterson, 50, has denied wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty to the three charges of murder and one of attempted murder. She sat through the prosecution opening at the back of the court.
Dr Rogers, an experienced advocate who worked in the past at the Redfern Legal Centre, detailed the alleged circumstances of the so-called mushroom meal in the manner of a school principal.
Direct, measured, minus any obvious emotion.

For the first time, it was publicly alleged that Ms Patterson had eaten the meal at her Leongatha home using a different plate compared with her guests and had carried her smaller, tan or orange plate to the lunch table, serving beef Wellington, mashed potatoes and green beans.
The other four – all elderly – had allegedly eaten off four large grey dinner plates, her former father-in-law Donald Patterson eating a full serve and then half of his late wife Gail’s.
It wasn’t until the night of July 29, 2023, that the court heard the elderly guests started to fall seriously ill, their conditions deteriorating rapidly.
Dr Rogers said that Ms Patterson also had reported diarrhoea symptoms on the 29th but told the court that the accused had not presented to hospital until July 31, just after 8am, nearly two days after the lunch was served.
Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson had then voluntarily left Leongatha hospital before returning about two hours later.

Police had been tasked mid-morning with trying to retrieve the remnants of the beef Wellington meal and a photograph was taken of Ms Patterson arriving at the hospital on the Monday morning, wearing a mask and a black backpack, talking to two staff.
Dr Rogers alleged there had been discussions about the need to get a medical assessment for her two children but that Ms Patterson had initially been reluctant.
All the while, the court heard, the conditions of the four lunch guests had deteriorated and they were facing acute illness.
Dr Rogers said that when Ms Patterson was examined, she showed signs of a higher heart rate and elevated blood pressure. However, she said, the day after the meal was served, she had driven her children on a two-hour return trip where one was learning to fly.

On that truncated trip, the lesson was cancelled and the three had returned to Leongatha, about 135km southeast of Melbourne.
Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson and her former husband Simon Patterson had endured separations in the past and finally split in 2015.
Despite this, up until a disagreement in 2022, the pair had maintained an “amicable” and “affable” relationship.
But this changed, Dr Rogers said, after Simon Patterson had changed his status on a tax return as separated.
Dr Rogers was due to continue her opening on Wednesday and Colin Mandy SC, for the defence, was scheduled to respond later in the day.
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[wiggins]

Accused acted with 'murderous' intent to kill: prosecutor

Ellie Dudley
Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC says Erin Patterson acted with “murderous” intent to kill four relatives of her ex-husband.
Succinctly stating the prosecution case, Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson never consumed the mushrooms herself, but faked symptoms when presenting to hospital to make it seem like she did.
Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson lured Gail and Don Patterson and Ian and Heather Wilkinson to her house under the guise of a fake cancer diagnosis.
She said Ms Patterson told the guests she needed advice on whether to tell the children about the diagnosis as an excuse not to have them in the room.
Ms Patterson also did not feed the mushrooms to her children, despite telling investigators otherwise, Dr Rogers said. This was why she was hesitant to have doctors assess them.
Dr Rogers said Ms Patterson disposed of the dehydrator to conceal the crime.

 

[wiggins]

Cancer lie is not the core issue of the case: defence

Ellie Dudley
Defence barrister Colin Mandy SC has conceded Erin Patterson lied when announcing at the fatal lunch that she had been diagnosed with cancer, but said it was not the core issue of the case.
“The fact that she has never been diagnosed with cancer is not in issue. That’s true,” he said.
“It’s also not in dispute towards the end of 2022 Erin and Simon had a disagreement over child support.”
But Mr Mandy rejected the prosecution’s assertion that Ms Patterson faked illness in the days after the lunch.





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Apr 30, 2025

Dehydrator purchased after drive to death cap mushroom site, court told

Ellie Dudley
Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC alleges Erin Patterson bought a dehydrator hours after travelling to a regional location where she knew death cap mushrooms were growing.
Dr Rogers told the jury Ms Patterson frequented the iNaturalist.org website where, on April 18, 2023, a user – retired pharmacist Christine McKenzie – posted photos of “death cap mushrooms under snow trees on a walk with her husband and grandson in the regional township of Loch”.
“(Ms McKenzie) collected and disposed of every example of death cap mushrooms she could find,” Dr Rogers said. “She did this because she knew how dangerous they were.”
On April 28, 2023, card records show Ms Patterson bought a Sunbeam food dehydrator.
“On that morning, 2.5 hours before she bought the dehydrator, the accused’s mobile service data suggests she travelled to and remained in the Loch area before returning to Korumburra,” Dr Rogers said.
Dr Rogers also showed the jury images of Ms Patterson at the local tip allegedly disposing of the dehydrator on August 4, 2023 – five days after the lunch.
Police found “possible vegetative matter or debris inside the dehydrator”, Dr Rogers said.
On August 5, 2023, police executed a warrant on Ms Patterson’s home and seized “various electronic devices”.
She then conducted a recorded police interview.
“During the interview she told police she has never dehydrated food, she does not own a dehydrator and does not know anything about a dehydrator in her house but later said she might have owned one years ago,” Dr Rogers said.
Dr Rogers told the court Ms Patterson had posted in the Keli Lane Facebook group about “dehydrating mushrooms” in April and May.
“She shared she had purchased a dehydrator and posted some messages and photos about it in the chat, including a photograph of the dehydrator sitting on her kitchen bench,” Dr Rogers said.
“She had been dehydrating mushrooms, blitzing them into powder and putting them in everything.”

 

[wiggins]

This bitch is going to go down big time. Talk about the last supper...

 

[Chief Queef]

 

[Jenny]

 

[Jenny]

This bitch is going to go down big time. Talk about the last supper...

So what ultimately happened?

 

[Jenny]

 

[Jenny]

This trial sure is taking a very long time to conclude.