Brisbane, Australia
CNN
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Lawyers for an Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning three family members with deadly mushrooms have told the jury their deaths were a “terrible accident.”
Erin Patterson is standing trial for the 2023 deaths of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson – who all died in hospital days after Patterson served them a meal that contained death cap mushrooms.
She is also charged with the attempted murder of Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson, who was also at the lunch but survived.
Crown prosecutors allege Patterson deliberately served lethal mushrooms…
