Suspected mushroom poisoning: Erin Patterson fronts court on murder charges over deaths in Victoria, Australia

Patterson, 49, was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder after family lunch in rural Australian town of Leongatha

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The woman at the centre of a mushroom lunch that allegedly killed three people and left a fourth fighting for his life is also accused of attempting to murder her former partner four times over the past two years, according to Australian court documents.

Erin Patterson, 49, has been charged with murdering Gail and Don Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, after a lunch in her home in the rural Australian town of Leongatha on 29 July.

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