Erin Patterson murder trial live: Jury instructions continue in death cap mushroom case
The judge in Erin Patterson's murder trial is continuing his instructions to the jury.
Ms Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder another by serving them a beef Wellington containing death cap mushrooms during a lunch at her home in July 2023.
The trial is being held in the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in the regional Victorian town of Morwell.
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