Murderous allegations of mushrooms tried to kill her distributed husband

The triple hitherto condemned Erin Patterson would have tried to poison her husband several times, in particular with cookies that she said that their daughter had cooked her, heard a court.

The Australian woman was recognized last month guilty of murder of three parents – and tried to kill another – with a toxic toxic beef with mushrooms.

The 50-year-old was initially accused of three counts of attempted murder against his ex-Mari Simon Patterson, but these accusations were abandoned on the eve of his trial.

Details of allegations – which Patterson denied – have been deleted to protect the procedure, but can now be made public for the first time.

Three people died in the hospital in the days that followed lunch on July 29, 2023: the former brother-in-law of Patterson, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.

Local pastor Ian Wilkinson – Heather’s husband – recovered after weeks of treatment at the hospital. Mr. Patterson was also invited to lunch but retired at the last minute.

The hearings before the trial, which are standard before many trials, allow the parties and the judges to determine what evidence is eligible – or authorized to be presented to a jury. In this case, while the accusations relating to Mr. Patterson were abandoned, his proof on the issue was excluded.

In long audiences last year, he had detailed what he suspected was a campaign of several years to kill him with contaminated food.

The court learned that an attempt at poisoning left Mr. Patterson so sick that he spent weeks in a coma and his family was invited to say goodbye twice.

He told court that Ms. Patterson had tried to kill him with a curry, an envelope, Bolognese pasta and even with chocolate cookies, she said that their daughter had done.

He became a suspect then started to take notes, realizing that he had often fallen ill when she fed, learned the court.

Mr. Patterson shared his suspicions with a few parents – including, critically, his father Don Patterson – then a general practitioner, but did not take things further.

He said he thought he was the only one in danger – and that is why he refused to come to lunch.

However, when his parents fell desperately ill, Mr. Paterson pulled his relatives in the hospital chapel and told them that he suspected that his distant wife was trying to poison him for years.

Police thought that the poison of the rats could have been used at least one opportunity, were informed of the preliminary hearings at the trial.