{"id":4387,"date":"2025-08-08T07:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australias-mushroom-murderer-erin-patterson-also-tried-to-poison-husband-with-chicken-curry-court-told\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:18:17","slug":"australias-mushroom-murderer-erin-patterson-also-tried-to-poison-husband-with-chicken-curry-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australias-mushroom-murderer-erin-patterson-also-tried-to-poison-husband-with-chicken-curry-court-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s \u2018Mushroom Murderer\u2019 Erin Patterson also tried to poison husband with chicken curry, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MELBOURNE, Aug 8 — Australia’s recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with a chicken korma curry, according to accusations aired today after a suppression order lapsed. <\/p>\n

Home cook Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering her husband’s parents and elderly aunt in 2023 by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with lethal death cap mushrooms. <\/p>\n

A series of potentially damning allegations about Patterson’s behaviour in the lead-up to the meal were withheld from the jury to give the mother-of-two a fair trial. <\/p>\n

Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale today rejected an application to keep these allegations suppressed. <\/p>\n

Patterson tried to kill her estranged husband Simon on three occasions between 2021 and 2022, police alleged in one of the major claims not heard during the trial. <\/p>\n

She was accused of serving him poisoned dishes of pasta bolognese, chicken curry and a vegetable wrap, according to freshly released evidence. <\/p>\n

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Simon told a pre-trial hearing in October last year how Patterson had asked him to taste test a batch of curries she had made. <\/p>\n

“I remember Erin saying that the purpose of the taste test was so she could, I guess, customise future curry production for our respective tastes,” he said.<\/p>\n

He later fell ill after eating a mild chicken korma served by Patterson on a camping trip in 2022. <\/p>\n

“At first I felt hot, especially in my head, and that led to feeling nauseous and then that led to me quite suddenly needing to vomit,” he said.<\/p>\n

He later fell into a coma before surgeons operated to remove a section of his bowel. <\/p>\n

Simon later told doctor Christopher Ford that he had come to suspect Patterson might be deliberately poisoning him. <\/p>\n

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He became worried when Patterson offered him a batch of homemade cookies, Ford said. <\/p>\n

“Simon was apprehensive about eating the cookies, as he felt they may be poisoned,” the doctor told a pre-trial hearing last year. <\/p>\n

“He reported to me that while they were away, Erin called several times and enquired about whether he had eaten any of the cookies.” <\/p>\n

Prosecutors dropped those charges before the start of Patterson’s trial, with tight restrictions preventing media from revealing any details. <\/p>\n

Lethal fungus <\/strong><\/p>\n

Patterson hosted an intimate meal in July 2023 that started with good-natured banter and earnest prayer — but ended with three guests dead.<\/p>\n

A 12-person jury found the 50-year-old guilty of murdering Simon’s parents Don and Gail Patterson, as well as his aunt Heather Wilkinson. <\/p>\n

She was also found guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband Ian, a well-known pastor at the local Baptist church. <\/p>\n

Patterson’s trial drew podcasters, film crews and true crime fans to the rural town of Morwell, a sedate hamlet in the state of Victoria better known for prize-winning roses. <\/p>\n

Newspapers from New York to New Delhi followed every twist of what many now simply call the “mushroom murders”. <\/p>\n

Throughout a trial lasting more than two months, Patterson maintained the beef-and-pastry dish was accidentally poisoned with death cap mushrooms, the world’s most-lethal fungus. <\/p>\n

Death cap mushrooms are easily mistaken for other edible varieties, and reportedly possess a sweet taste that belies their potent toxicity.<\/p>\n

Patterson will return to court on August 25 for hearings that will determine how long she spends behind bars. <\/p>\n

Her legal team has 28 days after sentencing to appeal both her criminal convictions and her sentence. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MELBOURNE, Aug 8 — Australia’s recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with a chicken korma curry, according to accusations aired today after a suppression order lapsed.  Home cook Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering her husband’s parents and elderly aunt in 2023 by lacing their beef Wellington lunch…<\/p>\n

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