Joseph Dunstan

A police interview given by Erin Patterson after she murdered her relatives with a meal laced by poisonous death cap mushrooms has been released by Victoria's Supreme Court.

The months-long murder trial of Erin Patterson was filled with revelations, but several pieces of evidence and information were left out of the legal debate.

Victorian Aboriginal communities are urging the state government to act on the recommendations of a coroner who investigated the 2021 death in custody of Heather Calgaret.

Coroner Sarah Gebert finds the 2021 passing of 30-year-old Heather Calgaret was the preventable result of inappropriately prescribed medication during her time at Dame Phyllis Frost prison in Melbourne's west.

As the jury revealed its verdict, a tension built over weeks of legal arguments and disputed versions of what happened the day Erin Patterson hosted her in-laws for lunch was resolved.

The victims of Erin Patterson's deadly beef Wellington lunch are being remembered for their altruistic nature and kind hearts, just days after a jury convicted their killer of murder.

The jury in Erin Patterson's trial sat through weeks of evidence before convicting her of murder. Here's some of the key pieces shown to the jury during the trial.

Two years ago, Erin Patterson was a mother of two from a regional town who lived a quiet life. Now, the 50-year-old has been found guilty of murdering three people with death cap mushrooms, in a trial that's made global headlines.

The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has found her guilty of murdering three relatives by deliberately lacing a beef Wellington lunch with death cap mushrooms. Follow the verdict as it happened.

As a jury considers its verdicts in the Erin Patterson triple-murder trial, here's a recap of some of the evidence put before them.

In the triple-murder trial's eighth week, the prosecution and defence used an avalanche of puzzle pieces to present two contrasting pictures to the jury.

Ms Patterson's lawyer has told the jury in her triple-murder trial she emerged "unscathed" from cross-examination, as his closing address came to an end.

Defence barrister Colin Mandy SC is continuing to deliver his closing address to the jury in Ms Patterson's triple-murder trial. Follow the trial as it happened

Defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC urges jurors in Ms Patterson's triple-murder trial to "guard against" viewing her actions after the deadly lunch as incriminating, telling them there was no motive for her to harm her in-laws.

Erin Patterson's defence lawyer is continuing his closing address to the jury after eight weeks of evidence in the triple-murder trial. 

Erin Patterson's defence barrister tells the jury in her triple-murder trial that the "devoted" mother had no motive to deprive her children of their "wonderful" grandparents.

The accused murderer's legal team has begun delivering its closing address to the jury. 

Prosecutors tell Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial jury the mother of two carried out a "sinister deception" on her in-laws by using a "nourishing meal" as the vehicle for lethal doses of death-cap mushrooms.

Lawyers are delivering their closing addresses to the jury as Erin Patterson's Supreme Court trial enters its eighth week. Follow today's hearing as it happened

Amid repeated prosecution accusations of murder, deceit and cover-up, there were exchanges about the right time for a "lie down" and errors in the days of the week, as Erin Patterson finished her evidence.

For more than a week, accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson protested her innocence from the witness box in her Supreme Court murder trial.

The cook of the deadly beef Wellington lunch rejects a prosecution claim she carried out factory resets in a bid to deceive police about her mobile phones, as she finishes giving evidence in her triple-murder trial.

Erin Patterson has told a Supreme Court jury that she fed her children the leftovers of a deadly beef Wellington lunch despite experiencing diarrhoea after eating it.

Accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson faces more questions from prosecutors as her trial continues. Follow the proceedings as they happened.

In a tense morning of questioning, accused murderer Erin Patterson says multiple witnesses who have given evidence during her trial have been mistaken.