Juror discharged from mushroom lunch trial as child protection worker reveals what Erin Patterson told her

Victorian supreme court judge says he received information the juror had been discussing Patterson's case with family and friends

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A juror has been discharged from the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, after Justice Christopher Beale said he had received information the person had been discussing the case with family and friends.

Beale told the jury he had received information the juror had been discussing the case with family and friends contrary to his directions.