Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial live: Prosecutor continues her closing address to the jury
Closing addresses are underway in Erin Patterson's murder trial.
She's pleaded not guilty to murdering Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms in a lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023.
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