Guest ‘raved' about deadly mushroom-laced meal before illness
One of the three guests who died after eating beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms 'raved' about the culinary skills of the murder suspect, Erin Patterson, just hours before falling violently ill.
Heather Wilkinson described the meal as 'delicious and beautiful' before she was admitted to hospital.
Doctors and toxicologists have given evidence in the trial of Patterson, who is charged with the triple murder of her estranged husband's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66.
Heather Wilkinson and her husband, Ian, the sole surviving lunch guest
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A court in Morwell, a small town in Victoria, Australia, heard from doctors at two hospitals who treated the guests, all of whom sought emergency care within 24 hours of the lunch, presenting with vomiting and diarrhoea. They explained they initially suspected
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