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Erin Patterson faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her house in Victoria's Leongatha on 29 July 2023. She has pleaded not guilty to murdering or attempting to murder the relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson. Guardian Australia's justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci has been attending the trial since it began, and explains what's happened so far
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