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The woman accused of murdering three people with an allegedly toxic mushroom-laced meal has made a frazzled appearance in court, with a judge lashing a police request for more time to investigate her alleged crimes.
Shortly after 10am on Friday, Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court following her arrest and a raid of her home on Thursday.
She is charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The murder charges, and two attempted murder charges, relate to a meal served at her Leongatha home on July 29, which police allege contained fatal death-cap mushrooms and resulted in the deaths of her ex-husband’s parents and his aunt. According to court documents, Police allege Ms Patterson attempted to murder her ex-husband, Simon Patterson, 48, four times over a three year period.
She’s accused of first trying in November 2021, followed by two attempts in May and September last year, while the fourth is understood to be because he was invited, but ultimately didn’t attend, the fatal July 29 lunch.
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