Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6XKT7)
Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson's home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during search
The detective in charge of the investigation into the deadly beef wellington lunch served by Erin Patterson has denied police made several errors in the case, including failing to seize electronic items during a search of her house and wrongly identifying her son on CCTV footage, a court has heard.
Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning her four lunch guests - relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson - with a beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria on 29 July 2023.
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