Australia mushroom trial: Erin Patterson tells court she threw up toxic meal

Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with poisonous fungi.

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Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to four charges - three of murder and one of attempted murder - over the beef Wellington lunch at her regional Victorian house in July 2023.

Prosecutors allege Ms Patterson deliberately served toxic death cap mushrooms, but only to her guests. Her defence team say the contaminated meal was a tragic accident, and argue it had made their client sick too.

Ms Patterson told the court she had only eaten a small part of lunch but later consumed two-thirds of a cake, before becoming "over-full" and vomiting.

Doctors have previously told the trial Ms Patterson did not have the same intense symptoms as the other people who'd eaten at her house.