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The Advertiser
07-07-2025
- The Advertiser
Mushroom murderer: key points in Patterson's conviction
KEY EVENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated" and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don, Gail, Heather and Ian gather at Erin's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail, 70, and her sister Heather, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day * June 2, 2025: Erin enters the witness box to give evidence in her own trial which lasts for eight days * June 30, 2025: The jury is sent away to start deliberating * July 7, 2025: The jury returns guilty verdicts for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson KEY EVENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated" and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don, Gail, Heather and Ian gather at Erin's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail, 70, and her sister Heather, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day * June 2, 2025: Erin enters the witness box to give evidence in her own trial which lasts for eight days * June 30, 2025: The jury is sent away to start deliberating * July 7, 2025: The jury returns guilty verdicts for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson KEY EVENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated" and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don, Gail, Heather and Ian gather at Erin's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail, 70, and her sister Heather, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day * June 2, 2025: Erin enters the witness box to give evidence in her own trial which lasts for eight days * June 30, 2025: The jury is sent away to start deliberating * July 7, 2025: The jury returns guilty verdicts for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson KEY EVENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated" and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don, Gail, Heather and Ian gather at Erin's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail, 70, and her sister Heather, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day * June 2, 2025: Erin enters the witness box to give evidence in her own trial which lasts for eight days * June 30, 2025: The jury is sent away to start deliberating * July 7, 2025: The jury returns guilty verdicts for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson
Perth Now
07-07-2025
- Perth Now
Mushroom murderer: key points in Patterson's conviction
KEY EVENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated" and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don, Gail, Heather and Ian gather at Erin's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail, 70, and her sister Heather, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day * June 2, 2025: Erin enters the witness box to give evidence in her own trial which lasts for eight days * June 30, 2025: The jury is sent away to start deliberating * July 7, 2025: The jury returns guilty verdicts for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson
Perth Now
28-05-2025
- Perth Now
Erin Patterson's Woolies receipt in the lead-up to mushroom lunch revealed in court
The court has been shown Patterson's phone records from 30 July and 31 July 2023. The records indicate that Simon called Patterson twice on 30 July, 2023, and the pair spoke for around six minutes on both occasions. Patterson also spoke to her son's flying instructor twice on that same day. The following day, Patterson had three phone conversations with Simon, each lasting several minutes. He called her on two of the occasions and she called him once. That same day, 31 July 2023, she also received a phone call from her son and Leongatha Hospital, the latter of which Eppingstall said appeared to be a voicemail call. The court has been shown phone data records which indicate Patterson's sim card was taken out of the phone while police officers were at her house. The court heard yesterday that police conducted a search of Patterson's Leongatha home on 5 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court yesterday Patterson was given several minutes to use her phone privately in a room, while officers waited outside, before she had to hand it over. In court on Wednesday, Eppingstall told the court enquiries revealed Patterson's sim card ending in 783 was connected to the Samsung a23 in February 2023. The sim ending in 783 was her primary number and the Samsung was bought in December 2022, the court has previously heard. The court was shown phone data records from the 5 August 2023, which indicated her sim card ending in 783 was changed from the Samsung into a Nokia smart phone at 1.45pm - the same time police were at her house. The court was then shown call data records from 5 August 2023 to 10 August 2023 which indicated the phone number ending in 783 engaged in 'activity consistent with someone using their phone', such as making calls and sending messages. The court has been shown messages Patterson sent in a Facebook group chat in December 2022, indicating she had purchased a new phone while holidaying in New Zealand. From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 My phone screen is broken and it wouldn't respond to any commands or anything. Everything is on my phone, all my passwords are in my password vault and I was trying to log into it on my laptop and it was sending an authorisation email to my emails which I couldn't access because I didn't have my password which was inside my password vault From: Erin Erin Erin 17 December 2022 Anyway I've been googling everything and trying to get into my phone and emails and just couldn't but then someone suggested I could do a hard reboot of my phone and restart it in safe mode and it might fix the frozen screen issue and it worked.. For now. But the screen is broken and might freeze again at any second so now that I am in I am copying everything I need from it lol From: Jenny Hay 17 December 2022 Oh, how stressful Erin. Maybe you can get the screen fixed in NZ? From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I had to buy a new phone today because I couldn't get the new one fixed. Idk why but setting up a new phone is extremely stressful for me From: Erin Erin Erin 19 December 2022 I got a Samsung Galaxy a23. The cheapest I could get while not being an absolute piece of s*** phone. Eppingstall told the court the phone Patterson handed over to him on 5 August 2023 was a Samsung Galaxy a23. 'The 835 phone number is the phone number Patterson gave me during the interview,' he said. 'We did phone checks and came to realise it (that sim card) had only been connected on 11 July and it had been used in a tablet device up until August 2023 until it was put into the handset device. The court was then shown data records which indicate the Samsung Galaxy a23's unique handset number was connected to a new sim card on 3 August 2023. Eppingstall told the court he conducted further inquiries and discovered there was a second phone number, ending in 783, which was registered to Patterson. The court has been shown phone data records from various dates in early 2022, which showed Patterson's phone connecting to the Poowong Central base station. The court was then subsequently shown message exchanges on Patterson's phone, which suggested she was in Poowong, where her children played basketball. 10/3/2022 Signal messages Sender: Simon To: Erin Erin Erin 5:12pm Hey I think (our son) has bball tonight. Are you geared up for it? Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:15pm Yeah although idk if i have bball shorts for him. I'll check Sender: Erin Erin Erin To: Simon 5:17pm Yeah we have shorts and his game is 7.40 The court was then shown cell records that indicated Patterson's phone connected to Poowong Central at 7:42pm. The court was then shown several more message exchanges Patterson and Simon had about their children's sporting engagements in the following months, along with similar corresponding call data records. The court has been shown message exchanges between Patterson and her parents-in-law in the days leading up to the lunch. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 28 June 2023 Hi Erin, just wondering how you got on at your appointment today? Love Gail and Don Sender: Erin Paterson To: Gail Patterson 29 June 2023 Hi Gail, sorry I had taken (my daughter) to see a movie last night. We saw The Little Mermaid. The appointment went ok. Thanks for asking. I had a needle biopsy taken off the lump and I'm returning for an MRI next week and we'll know more after the results of those two things. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 29 June 2023 That is a test of patience isn't it. Praying you will know God's peace. We are just ready to relax after an enjoyable time with Ethan and Alis. Nice to have the fire warming us in this cold weather. Sender: Gail Patterson To: Erin Patterson 6 July 2023 Hi Erin, how did you get on yesterday with your medical tests? Love Don and Gail Sender: Erin Patterson To: Gail Patterson 7 July 2023 Thanks for your message Don and Gail. There is a bit to digest with everything that's come out of it all. I might talk to you more about it in person when I see you in person. Love Erin Eppingstall said there were no records of her having a biopsy or an MRI. He said medical records obtained for Patterson in the weeks leading up to the lunch revealed she had three medical appointments. In the first instance, she was referred for a chest x-ray on 26 June, which was later deemed clear. She also went to Korumburra Medical Centre twice in July - on the 3rd and 26th - both times to update a script. The court has been shown entries Gail Patterson made in her diary in the weeks leading up to the lunch. Abstract of Gail Patterson's diary: June 24 Saturday Lunch with Erin, (grandson)+ (granddaughter) 28 June 2023 Wednesday Erin - St Vincent's arm lump July 29 Saturday Lunch at Erin's w Heather + Ian Eppingstall said when he called St Vincent's Hospital, there was no record of Patterson attending on 28 June 2023. He said he also contacted the cancer registry and learnt Patterson had never been diagnosed with cancer. The court has been shown records from Patterson's account at Bendigo Banks: 30/07/2023 OutbackJacks Donuts Koo Wee $15 1/08/2023 Retail purchase BP Caldermeade7305, Caldermeade 13:10 The court heard the donut shop entry refers to a stop Patterson made with her children on their way home from her son's cancelled flying lesson, the day after the lunch. The court was then shown a receipt of the trip Patterson made to the BP: BP Caldermeade TnT multicolour blister 57g $2.10 Ham cheese tomato sandwich $6.50 EDC wrap sweet chilli chick $4.50 Asked by Justice Christopher Beale what the multicolour blister entry referred to, Eppingstall said he believed it was chewing gum. The court was previously shown CCTV footage of Patterson entering a BP at Caldermeade and going to the toilet for nine seconds. Eppingstall said he visited the stockists of the mushrooms Patterson obtained from Woolworths. He said it was determined they had not been contaminated. 'They are grown in big pods and stacked high. It is a very controlled environment,' he said. The court has been shown three shops Patterson made at Leongatha Woolworths in the lead up to the 29 July 2023 lunch. Detective Eppingstall said he obtained Woolworths Everyday Rewards statement from 23 July, 2023 - 28 July 2023 as part of the investigation. The highlighted items on the lists pertaining to the lunch were as follows: Self checkout 23 July 2023 1:54pm Mushroom sliced 500g Mushroom sliced 500g WW Puff Pastry Sheets 1kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Onion shallot french Self checkout 27 July 2023 4.30pm: Pampas pastry puff sheets 10 pack 1.6kg Art of pastry frozen filo pastry 375g Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Beef eye fillet steak Mushroom sliced 375g Mushroom sliced 375g Self checkout 28 July 2023 5:13pm: Pampas pastry puff 3 sheet Art of pastry Potato mash Beans round Beef eye fillet steak Art of pastry frozen filo pastry Other items on Patterson's grocery list included Cadbury chocolates, Bulla ice creams, vegetables, and meats. The court has heard Patterson's daughter during her recorded interview with police told the detective she had never been to an Asian grocer with her mother. During preparations for the trial, Patterson's daughter re-watched her intial video statement. Following the viewing, she told a child witness support worker that she had been to an Asian-style grocer with her mother once for the purpose of buying ingredients for cooking, the court heard.
ABC News
22-05-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Nurse who treated poisoning victims appears in court
A registered nurse from Leongatha Hospital gives evidence at the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson. Ms Cespon was tasked with collecting Erin Patterson's bowel movements for analysis.
Perth Now
01-05-2025
- Perth Now
Health officials raised alarm after poisoning deaths
TRIPLE DEADLY MUSHROOM POISONING KEY EVENTS * 2015: Erin and Simon Patterson separate but continue an amicable relationship with shared custody of their two children * November 2022: Simon notices a change in their relationship after he changes his tax return to "separated", and Erin asks for child support * June 24, 2023: Erin Patterson hosts her former in-laws, Don and Gail, for lunch with her children at her home in Leongatha; no one falls ill * June 28, 2023: Erin Patterson tells Don and Gail about a lump on her elbow that requires testing * July 16, 2023: At a Sunday service held at Korumburra Baptist Church, where Simon's uncle Ian Wilkinson is pastor, Erin Patterson invites Simon, Don, Gail, Ian and his wife Heather to another lunch at her home * July 28, 2023: Simon texts Erin to decline her invitation and says he feels too uncomfortable to attend the lunch * July 29, 2023: Don and Gail Patterson, Heather and Ian Wilkinson gather at Erin Patterson's home in Leongatha, where they eat beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms cooked by Erin. All four become sick in the late evening * July 30, 2023: All four go to local hospitals in Leongatha and nearby Korumburra before being transferred to Dandenong and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne * July 31, 2023: Erin Patterson taken by ambulance from Leongatha Hospital to Monash Medical Centre with stomach pains; a toxicologist notifies Victoria's health department about the suspected poisoning event * August 1, 2023: Health Department speaks to Erin Patterson for four-and-a-half hours before she is discharged from Monash; she says she bought some of the mushrooms for the beef Wellington from Leongatha Woolworths and used dried mushrooms from an Asian grocer in Melbourne's southeast * August 2-3, 2023: Monash Council investigators visit 14 Asian-style and Indian-style stores, as well as fruit and vegetable sellers in Oakleigh, Clayton and Mount Waverley but fail to find dried mushrooms fitting Patterson's description * August 3, 2023: Victoria Police launches its investigation into the lunch * August 4, 2023: Gail Patterson, 70, and her sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, die in hospital after being diagnosed with Amanita phalloides, death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police find a dehydrator at Koonwarra Transfer Station * August 5, 2023: Don Patterson, 70, dies in hospital after also being diagnosed with death cap mushroom poisoning, the same day police search Patterson's Leongatha home and take her to the station for an interview * September 23, 2023: Ian Wilkinson released from hospital * April 29, 2025: Trial against Erin Patterson starts in Morwell with a jury of 15 empanelled, openings begin the following day
