Woman who cooked poisonous mushroom lunch 'that killed three people' admits she lied to police


The woman alleged to have killed her in-laws after cooking them poisonous mushrooms has admitted that she lied to police.

Last week, the news broke that several people had mysteriously died following a family lunch in Victoria, Australia

Erin Patterson had invited her former in-laws Gail and Don Patterson, both 70, along with Mrs Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, and her husband Reverend Ian Wilkinson, 68, to the meal on 29 July.
However, tragedy struck several days after the lunch when the four guests all fell seriously ill after eating a beef Wellington, which contained dried mushrooms.

Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Patterson both passed away on 4 August, and Mr Patterson died the following day (5 August).

Mr Wilkinson is still in hospital and is said to be in a critical condition while he awaits a liver transplant.

Since then, police have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths. And now, due to allegations by her ex-husband, Simon Patterson, that she had poisoned his parents, Ms Patterson has spoken out.

In her statement, Mrs Patterson said that she also fell ill two days after the meal and had to be hospitalised and administered a 'liver protective drug'.

However, she said her two kids, who were not at the lunch, had eaten the leftover beef Wellington but that the mushrooms had been removed.

Victoria Police said there was no update on the investigation.

"Beyond that, we are not commenting on specific details of the case or what actions police will undertake as part of the investigation," a spokesperson said.

"If there are any updates we are able to release publicly, we will certainly let everyone know."


Man arrested as three people are killed amid ‘major police incident’ in Nottingham
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were killed in Nottingham city centre early on Tuesday morning, Nottinghamshire Police have confirmed.

The force was called to Ilkeston Road just after 4.00am where two people were found dead in the street.

A third man was found dead in Magdala Road, Nottinghamshire.

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