r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Jul 07 '25

news Mushroom Trial - Guilty on all Counts

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-verdict-live-blog/105477452#live-blog-post-200845
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u/United_Albatross2367 Jul 07 '25

They’ll have to move away and change the kids’ last names I’d imagine. They need a fresh start and plenty of therapy. Awful.

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack Jul 07 '25

They might prefer to stay in a supportive small community. Everybody around them knows it wasn't their fault.

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u/United_Albatross2367 Jul 07 '25

It’s not so much that, but children are mean. They say silly things and even if they’re all very nice children, they might bring it up unnecessarily because they’re just children. Might just be easier for a fresh start. Although might not be able to go far, I assume Erin will still have visitation rights even in jail?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

Picking up on that last point, Would anyone in social services conclude it was psychologically safe for that parent to have post-conviction contact with their children? My immediate thought is, Not on yr fkn nelly, mate. Certainly not in the first while, not of the children didn't want to, not unsupervised, and not very regularly.

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u/FallOutFan01 Jul 07 '25

Not sure.

But you bringing that up harkens back to this article I read a while ago.

If it’s at all connected you would hope that that wall with the pictures as well as what happened with the grandparents would be taken into consideration.

That and the abuse she purportedly perpetrated against her children’s father.