Woman on trial for poison mushroom killings says she was trying to fix "bland" meal
CBSN
An Australian woman accused of serving poisonous death cap mushrooms in a dish that killed three of her four guests who ate it spoke Wednesday about the incident and detailed how she planned the meal.
Prosecutors in the Supreme Court case in the state of Victoria say Erin Patterson, 50, lured her guests to lunch in July 2023 with a lie about having cancer, before deliberately feeding them toxic fungi. But her lawyers say the tainted beef Wellington that Patterson served was a tragic accident caused by a mushroom storage mishap.
Patterson denies murdering her estranged husband's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and their relative, Heather Wilkinson. The mother of two also denies attempting to murder Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, who survived the meal. If convicted, Patterson faces life in prison for murder and 25 years for attempted murder.
