A woman who cooked a mushroom lunch that resulted in the deaths of three people in Australia has been charged with murder and attempted murder.
Erin Patterson, 49, was arrested and had been questioned by murder detectives in southeastern Victoria.She prepared a lunch that led to the deaths of three of her family members, Heather Wilkinson, and Patterson's former in-laws Gail and Don Patterson.Ms Wilkinson's husband Ian survived after spending two months in hospital after falling critically ill.She has been charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
Speaking after the lunch, Patterson pleaded her innocence."I am now devastated to think that these mushrooms may have contributed to the illness suffered by my loved ones," she said."I really want to repeat that I had absolutely no reason to hurt these people whom I loved.
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