Erin Patterson tells murder trial wild mushrooms have 'more flavour'

Erin Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of intentionally poisoning four relatives.

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Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to the murder of three relatives, and the attempted murder of another, after serving them death cap mushrooms at her home in Victoria in July 2023.

Prosecutors say she deliberately put the poisonous mushrooms in the meal but her defence team says it was a "terrible accident".

Ms Patterson - during her second day on the witness stand - told the jury she began foraging for wild mushrooms during the Covid pandemic, years before the fatal meal.

Ms Patterson's in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, were all hospitalised after eating beef wellington at the lunch and died several days later.