Erin Patterson pleads not guilty to all charges over alleged mushroom murders

Victorian woman elects to fast track' case involving murder and attempted murder charges relating to Leongatha lunch

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Erin Patterson, the woman accused of murdering and attempting to murder her relatives by serving them a meal laced with deadly mushrooms, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Patterson, 49, was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in November after hosting an allegedly fatal lunch at her house in regional Victoria.

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