Toxic beef wellington cook gives evidence at triple-murder trial
Australian woman Erin Patterson is giving evidence in her triple-murder trial
The court has heard Ms Patterson, 50, cooked and served a beef wellington meal containing toxic death cap mushrooms at her home in regional Victoria in July 2023, which killed three relatives and seriously injured another
The prosecution says Ms Patterson included the poisonous mushrooms deliberately - she denies this and her defence team says it was a "terrible accident"
Her estranged husband's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both died as well as Gail Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson. Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, became ill but survived
Her testimony so far has canvassed the breakdown of her marriage, moments of tension with her in-laws, her health anxieties, and her love of mushrooms
She will spend a third day in the witness box on Wednesday
Toxic beef wellington cook gives evidence at triple-murder trial
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