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Ian Wilkinson pays tribute to late wife HeatherWilkinson is delivering his victim impact statement in court.He begins by describing his wife, Heather, who was murdered by…

Erin Patterson, pictured in August 2023, was convicted last month of poisoning her estranged husband’s family members with death cap mushrooms. Marta Pascual Juanola/The Age via…

Tiffanie Turnbull and Katy WatsonBBC NewsReporting fromMorwell, AustraliaWatch: Australia’s mushroom murder case… in under two minutesFor years, from behind a computer screen, Erin Patterson built up…

Erin Patterson pictured outside her home in Leongatha, Australia, in 2023. That summer, four people became seriously ill — and three of them died — after…

Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty on all chargesThe jury has found Erin Patterson caused the death of her lunch guests.On the three charges of murder she…

‘Not only is there no motive, there are very good reasons not to harm these people,’ defence saysMandy says if Patterson was a murderer she would…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRogers says Patterson “blitzed the death cap mushrooms in a powder to hide them” in…

Patterson tells court she cannot recall searching online for death cap sightingsAnother URL shows a death cap mushroom sighting in Melbourne posted on the iNaturalist website.Patterson…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePatterson asked about lies in messages about medical appointmentsA text message from Gail to Patterson…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMandy then turns to what occurred after the lunch guests left.Patterson says her son helped…