Leongatha suspected mushroom poisoning: Erin Patterson says media has portrayed her as an ‘evil witch’

Woman at centre of Victoria mushroom lunch that left three dead says she feels trapped in her home because reporters are camped outside

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The woman at the centre of the mushroom lunch that left three people dead and a fourth fighting for his life has told media she feels like she has become a prisoner in her own home.

Speaking to the Australian, Erin Patterson, 48, said she felt as though she had been painted as an evil witch" and had been trapped in her own home.

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