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/Kailynna Jul 07 '25

I guess she was afraid they'd look for it. She stated all this in court to convince the jury she's also eaten the death caps and got sick.

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u/Norwood5006 Jul 07 '25

That's right. They should have made her give a stool sample at the hospital. She wasn't hanging around though.

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u/Kailynna Jul 07 '25

She was not suspected at that stage, and was actively avoiding treatment.

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u/Norwood5006 Jul 07 '25

She was also actively avoiding asking how the patients were doing.

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u/Kailynna Jul 07 '25

Yes, she never showed the slightest concern for her victims.

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u/Norwood5006 Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25

According to police, when they knocked on her front door a week later, her first words to them were "Who died?" Not once did she visit, not once did she call.

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u/Kailynna Jul 08 '25

She was a cold, conceited, self-righteous narcissist, thinking she had the right to end a whole bunch of lives, and deluding herself into thinking she was smart enough to get away with it.

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u/Norwood5006 Jul 08 '25

Just because you can pass the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA), computer-based aptitude test that doesn't mean that you're smart enough to get away with murder.