{"id":268943,"date":"2025-08-08T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mushroom-murderer-police-release-interview-tape-as-more-poisoning-allegations-emerge-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:00:24","slug":"mushroom-murderer-police-release-interview-tape-as-more-poisoning-allegations-emerge-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mushroom-murderer-police-release-interview-tape-as-more-poisoning-allegations-emerge-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom murderer: Police release interview tape as more poisoning allegations emerge | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mK6AP2GL8ug\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom murderer: Police release interview tape as more poisoning allegations emerge | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mK6AP2GL8ug\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An Australian court has released the police interview of convicted serial killer Erin Patterson, which shows her lying about foraging for mushrooms and owning the dehydrator, which was used to preserve the deadly ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson was convicted last month of murdering her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail\u2019s sister Heather Wilkinson at her home in the state of Victoria with a lunch of beef Wellington containing toxic death cap mushrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-year-old was also found guilty of attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson, Heather\u2019s husband, who survived the meal but spent weeks recovering in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson was initially also charged with attempting to murder her estranged husband by inviting him to the lunch in July 2023, as well as attempting to murder him on three occasions around Victoria between November 2021 and September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But those charges were dropped ahead of the trial beginning in April.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a judge lifted a gag order on the pre-trial evidence about previous poisoning allegations, which her lawyers had wanted to keep secret while appealing her convictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian court has released the police interview of convicted serial killer Erin Patterson, which shows her lying about foraging for mushrooms and owning the dehydrator, which was used to preserve the deadly ingredients. 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