GUILTY Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 *Arrest* #17

[LinasK]

The infamous cream-colored pants.

And yet she was still claiming while in the ER that her watery urine was actually diarhhea. Like they couldn't test that...

 

[Kemug]

no crocodile tears today?

If so, it would only have been for herself.

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/erin-patterson-trial-exhibits-and-pictures-shown-to-the-jury-released-by-victorian-supreme-court/news-story/1aaee1b5445fa0f69740beccd207004d

Erin Patterson trial: Exhibits and pictures shown to the jury released by Victorian Supreme Court​

The first photos of the beef wellington leftovers taken from Erin Patterson’s bin after the deadly meal have been released by Victoria’s Supreme Court.

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[drsleuth]

 

[Mirabel091]

Wow. That's... wow. Someone should be losing their job over that one.

Scrubbing toilets, doing laundry, sure. But putting an alleged poisoner in charge of the food is ridiculous. Sure, she hasn't been convicted, but to take the risk? It's breaching the duty of care they have for every other inmate.

MOO

It also leaves EP wide open to such allegations even if she didn't tamper with any food in prison. Terrible idea all round.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

The gas station trip. She walks like someone without a care in the world. SO VERY GUILTY.

 

[iamshadow21]

It also leaves EP wide open to such allegations even if she didn't tamper with any food in prison. Terrible idea all round.

Yeah, it's absolutely ridiculous that it was allowed to happen for so many reasons.

I suspect someone wedded to the idea of all prisoners going through a set rotation of chores without deviation is responsible. Common sense and caution should have led to a modification for everyone's safety.

MOO

 

[drsleuth]

4.41pm

How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy​

By​

Erin Patterson sold a Mount Waverley property in Melbourne’s east, and her legal team now has a mortgage out on her “forever home” in Leongatha after a lengthy, high-powered defence.

Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home, the scene of the fatal lunch.Credit: Joe Armao

Read more about how a $2 million gift paid for her lawyers here.


4.36pm

Homicide squad head speaks outside court​

By​

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, head of the homicide squad, has just spoken to reporters outside the court in Morwell.

He thanked the investigators who had worked tirelessly on the case since just days after the lunch in 2023.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas outside court previously.Credit: Jason South

He also thanked the specialist services and the Office of Public Prosecutions, especially the prosecution team.

Before continuing, he asked the public to remember that this was a case that involved three dead people – Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson. He said Ian Wilkinson, who almost died, was a victim too.

“I think it’s very important that we remember that ... three people have died, and we’ve had a person that nearly died, and was seriously injured as a result,” Thomas said.

“I ask that we acknowledge those people, and not forget them.”

On that note, he told reporters that those two families had asked for privacy.

He ended the brief press conference with a statement that he would not take any further questions.


4.53pm

Inside the psychology of Erin Patterson, and the public’s fascination with the case​

Following the verdict, psychologist Mary Hahn-Thomsen has written an opinion piece providing some fascinating insights into Erin Patterson, and answering the questions Hahn-Thomsen heard asked over and over in relation to the murder trial.

Our columnist Malcolm Knox, meanwhile, has penned a piece on the public’s intense fixation on the mushrooms case, and why the level of people’s fascination with the trial is different to any other in Australian history.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Scuffy35]

Is the “cult followers” real - or is it just what some are saying? And if so - has she always had the followers? Is this recorded anywhere?

No, at least I don't think so. I was just playing on what detechtive said about them being like a cult and Erin was their leader.

 

[Marg944]

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Those cream pants again!!!!!!

 

[LinasK]

4.41pm

How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy​

By​

Erin Patterson sold a Mount Waverley property in Melbourne’s east, and her legal team now has a mortgage out on her “forever home” in Leongatha after a lengthy, high-powered defence.

Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home, the scene of the fatal lunch.Credit: Joe Armao

Read more about how a $2 million gift paid for her lawyers here.


4.36pm

Homicide squad head speaks outside court​

By​

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, head of the homicide squad, has just spoken to reporters outside the court in Morwell.

He thanked the investigators who had worked tirelessly on the case since just days after the lunch in 2023.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas outside court previously.Credit: Jason South

He also thanked the specialist services and the Office of Public Prosecutions, especially the prosecution team.

Before continuing, he asked the public to remember that this was a case that involved three dead people – Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson. He said Ian Wilkinson, who almost died, was a victim too.

“I think it’s very important that we remember that ... three people have died, and we’ve had a person that nearly died, and was seriously injured as a result,” Thomas said.

“I ask that we acknowledge those people, and not forget them.”

On that note, he told reporters that those two families had asked for privacy.

He ended the brief press conference with a statement that he would not take any further questions.


4.53pm

Inside the psychology of Erin Patterson, and the public’s fascination with the case​

Following the verdict, psychologist Mary Hahn-Thomsen has written an opinion piece providing some fascinating insights into Erin Patterson, and answering the questions Hahn-Thomsen heard asked over and over in relation to the murder trial.

Our columnist Malcolm Knox, meanwhile, has penned a piece on the public’s intense fixation on the mushrooms case, and why the level of people’s fascination with the trial is different to any other in Australian history.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

Can't read the article, but her lawyers now own her house to pay for her defense??

 

[iamshadow21]

4.41pm

How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy​

By​

Erin Patterson sold a Mount Waverley property in Melbourne’s east, and her legal team now has a mortgage out on her “forever home” in Leongatha after a lengthy, high-powered defence.

Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home, the scene of the fatal lunch.Credit: Joe Armao

Read more about how a $2 million gift paid for her lawyers here.


4.36pm

Homicide squad head speaks outside court​

By​

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, head of the homicide squad, has just spoken to reporters outside the court in Morwell.

He thanked the investigators who had worked tirelessly on the case since just days after the lunch in 2023.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas outside court previously.Credit: Jason South

He also thanked the specialist services and the Office of Public Prosecutions, especially the prosecution team.

Before continuing, he asked the public to remember that this was a case that involved three dead people – Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson. He said Ian Wilkinson, who almost died, was a victim too.

“I think it’s very important that we remember that ... three people have died, and we’ve had a person that nearly died, and was seriously injured as a result,” Thomas said.

“I ask that we acknowledge those people, and not forget them.”

On that note, he told reporters that those two families had asked for privacy.

He ended the brief press conference with a statement that he would not take any further questions.


4.53pm

Inside the psychology of Erin Patterson, and the public’s fascination with the case​

Following the verdict, psychologist Mary Hahn-Thomsen has written an opinion piece providing some fascinating insights into Erin Patterson, and answering the questions Hahn-Thomsen heard asked over and over in relation to the murder trial.

Our columnist Malcolm Knox, meanwhile, has penned a piece on the public’s intense fixation on the mushrooms case, and why the level of people’s fascination with the trial is different to any other in Australian history.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

So much for her kids getting money, she blew it all on protecting herself.

She can't pay a mortgage in prison. The bank is going to get the house.

As ever, the lawyers and the bankers walk away with the cash.

MOO

 

[Kemug]

She has been in MORWELL police station, during the trial, and would go to court, via an underground tunnel.

RSBM
Like a creature coming up from the dark.

 

[LadyL]

All I heard was something like a very muffled "no comment" or "you're in my way".

Where is the comment that's quotable?

Erin Patterson’s friend comments on the guilty charge as she leaves court​

Friend of Erin Patterson, Ali Rose Prior leaves court

Erin Patterson has been found guilty on all charges.

7news.com.au

 

[LinasK]

So much for her kids getting money, she blew it all on protecting herself.

She can't pay a mortgage in prison. The bank is going to get the house.

As ever, the lawyers and the bankers walk away with the cash.

MOO

Well, all things considered. Her lawyers deserve it. They had nothing to work with. They were defending a guilty woman. Really hard to make a case when you have no good defense. Yes, a liar doesn't make a person a killer, but killers are usually always liars! Rare to find an honest criminal.

 

[drsleuth]

How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy

Erin Patterson sold a Mount Waverley property and her legal team has a mortgage out on her “forever home” after a lengthy, high-powered defence.

www.theage.com.au

How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy​

Erin Patterson never had to worry about money. But a costly trial now sees her in debt for the first time​

The prosecution decided on the eve of her trial to drop three attempted murder charges relating to her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, and he was restricted from talking about it during his evidence to the jury.

Six weeks after she was charged, Erin sold her Mount Waverley home for $1.025 million.

She had retained the top-flight criminal firm of Doogue + George to defend her, and the case was expensive.

The day after her arrest, she would be represented by Philip Dunn, KC, and then for more than 18 months by Mandy, a veteran barrister, and junior counsel Sophie Stafford.

The high-powered team represented Patterson in court on more than 30 occasions.

It was a mammoth effort built toward a trial that ran for 40 days, living and working Monday to Friday for nine weeks from a rented property near the Latrobe Valley law courts.

Just before the start of the trial, Erin’s Leongatha dream home – which the council values at $1,175,000 – had a mortgage taken out on it in the name of her law firm, Doogue + George, in a standard move to secure their future fees.

It’s the first time it appears Erin Patterson has ever been in real debt to anyone.

 

[srper2]

Yeah, it was always called a paddy wagon when I was a kid. I try to call it a police van these days, since I learnt the racist origin of that term.

MOO

Also "Divvy van"!

 

[HoneyBunOne]

The DM has published about it already ...


The Herald Sun newspaper reported that, following a dispute with the notorious mushroom chef, a fellow prisoner became sick - and pointed the finger at Patterson.

A Corrections Victoria source confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that Patterson had been given a job in the prison kitchen despite the nature of the allegations against her.

Patterson's supporters insisted that the prison poisoning allegation was baseless.

Erin Patterson accused of tampering with prison food

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson was accused of tampering with prison food while waiting for the trial to begin.

www.dailymail.co.uk

You HAVE to be kidding me? I have no words!!!

 

[SouthAussie]

4.53pm

Inside the psychology of Erin Patterson, and the public’s fascination with the case​

Following the verdict, psychologist Mary Hahn-Thomsen has written an opinion piece providing some fascinating insights into Erin Patterson, and answering the questions Hahn-Thomsen heard asked over and over in relation to the murder trial.

Our columnist Malcolm Knox, meanwhile, has penned a piece on the public’s intense fixation on the mushrooms case, and why the level of people’s fascination with the trial is different to any other in Australian history.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

@JBowie The opinion piece linked in this ^^^ article agrees with you. Mary Hahn-Thomsen - a Melbourne psychologist - says Erin has the traits of a narcissist.

 

[Scuffy35]

So much for her kids getting money, she blew it all on protecting herself.

She can't pay a mortgage in prison. The bank is going to get the house.

As ever, the lawyers and the bankers walk away with the cash.

MOO

Then that settles the rumors that her lawyer may have taken it on pro-bono.