Woman arrested over suspected poisoned mushroom meal

Victorian police have arrested a 49-year-old woman in the state’s south-east over three suspected deaths linked to a meal allegedly containing poisoned mushrooms.

Woman arrested over suspected poisoned mushroom meal

Erin Patterson cooked a meal at her Leongatha home on 29 July. She said she served up beef wellington for lunch, which she and her four guests ate.

Within a day, all four guests went to hospital feeling ill.

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Deaths

Three out of the four people subsequently died. They were Patterson’s in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson.

Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, eventually left hospital after almost two months in September.

Vigils have taken place for the three people who died.

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