{"id":7909,"date":"2024-05-07T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2024-05-07T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:43:51","slug":"australian-woman-accused-of-killing-former-husbands-relatives-with-poisonous-mushrooms-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7909","title":{"rendered":"Australian woman accused of killing former husband&#8217;s relatives with poisonous mushrooms pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An Australian woman <span class=\"link\">accused of feeding poisonous mushrooms<\/span> to several members of her ex-husband&#8217;s family has pleaded not guilty to three murder charges and five attempted murder charges. Authorities allege that she served toxic wild mushrooms to four people at a lunch last year, killing three of them and leaving a fourth seriously ill.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court by video link from a Melbourne prison, where she has been held since her arrest in November. She is accused of killing her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson&#8217;s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.<\/p>\n<p>All three died in a hospital days after consuming a meal at Patterson&#8217;s home in July. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Patterson has insisted since the incident that she did not commit any crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am now devastated to think that these mushrooms may have contributed to the illness suffered by my loved ones,&#8221; she said in a statement given to Australian media at the time. &#8220;I really want to repeat that I had absolutely no reason to hurt these people whom I loved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Australia Mushroom Poisoning \" height=\"430\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/22\/e211656a-4ece-405a-bc11-3120cdbce593\/thumbnail\/620x430\/a022f6566ccbea2078c776c3bd70c181\/ap24113062140881.jpg?v=3a71db5e6dd1c027f95668a1c7b6fcaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/22\/e211656a-4ece-405a-bc11-3120cdbce593\/thumbnail\/1240x860\/de9ad1be2ff51f73250a2133f6aa3a7f\/ap24113062140881.jpg?v=3a71db5e6dd1c027f95668a1c7b6fcaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">In this courtroom sketch, Erin Patterson appears in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court, Australia, on Nov. 3, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Anita Lester \/AAP image via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She pleaded not guilty to all charges and will appear at Victoria state&#8217;s Supreme Court in Melbourne for the first time on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings have been fast-tracked after Patterson dispensed with a committal hearing where a magistrate would have examined the prosecution&#8217;s case to ensure there is sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial.<\/p>\n<p>She has not applied to be released on bail during any of her four court appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson is also accused of the attempted murder of her ex-husband, Simon, at that lunch and on three previous occasions dating back to 2021. Simon Patterson did not accept an invitation to attend the lunch. <\/p>\n<p>She has also been charged with the attempted murder of Wilkinson&#8217;s husband, Ian Wilkinson. Patterson was arrested in November on charges for all eight alleged offenses, including both of the alleged past murder attempts, the BBC reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ian Wilkinson <span class=\"link\">spent seven weeks in a hospital<\/span> following the lunch. The BBC had reported during his hospitalization that Ian Wilkinson was waiting on a liver transplant.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the symptoms of the four sickened family members were consistent with poisoning from wild amanita phalloides, known as <span class=\"link\">death cap mushrooms<\/span>. They grow in wet, warm areas throughout Australia and can be mistaken for edible mushrooms. But death caps contain toxins that poison the liver and kidneys after being consumed.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson could face up to 25 years in prison for each attempted murder charge, while murder in the state of Victoria carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p> Australian woman accused of killing former husband&#8217;s relatives with poisonous mushrooms pleads not guilty<br \/>\n<br \/>#Australian #woman #accused #killing #husbands #relatives #poisonous #mushrooms #pleads #guilty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian woman accused of feeding poisonous mushrooms to several members of her ex-husband&#8217;s family&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[2691,1836,386,4285,295,4288,1115,4287,4286,49],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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