Erin Patterson's lawyers have successfully argued for the accused murderer's Supreme Court trial next year not to take place in Melbourne, but in the Gippsland town of Morwell.
Erin Patterson , the Leongatha woman who cooked a meal that is believed to have contained poisonous mushrooms and resulted in the deaths of three people, was arrested on November 2, 2023The woman accused of murdering three people by serving a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms will face trial from a court in regional Victoria.
Ms Patterson is alleged to have murdered three people by serving a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms. The Supreme Court today decided that the highly-anticipated trial will be held in Morwell in April next year.In November, prosecutors charged Ms Patterson with three counts of murder over the deaths of father-in-law Don Patterson, mother-in-law Gail Patterson and extended relative Heather Wilkinson, who attended a lunch at Ms Patterson's home in July 2023.
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