Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of an alleged deadly mushroom poisoning scandal that killed three people in eastern Victoria, has been arrested.
It is understood police are also searching her home.The Age reports Ms Patterson has been arrested. Picture: Supplied
Ms Patterson cooked a beef wellington dish containing the deadly death cap mushrooms on July 29, serving it to four people at a lunch at her home. Her former parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson died from symptoms consistent with death cap mushroom poisoning after the lunch.Ms Patterson has maintained the mushrooms she used were a combination of button mushrooms bought at a supermarket chain and dried ones from an Asian grocery store in Melbourne months prior.A man has been arrested in Melbourne after a police chase as it’s reported he was allegedly planning to mow down pedestrians.
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