Erin Patterson has fronted court,

Mushroom trial

Erin Patterson is facing trial after pleading not guilty over a fatal mushroom lunch that killed Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.

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Poisoning victims Don and Gail Patterson (top) and Heather and Ian Wilkinson (bottom),and the Leongatha house where Erin Patterson lives.

The key players in Erin Patterson’s murder trial

Who attended the fateful mushroom lunch in Leongatha,and how were they related? Here’s a who’s who in the trial of accused killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Brian Barnes faced court on Wednesday accused of murder.

Accused pool killer’s protests over hospital mental health treatment

Brian Barnes is accused of killing an elderly woman in a dispute over a local swimming pool in the small Victorian town of Quambatook.

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Erin Patterson.

What you need to know about Erin Patterson’s mushroom lunch trial

The court case over the poisoning deaths of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson has begun. Here’s everything you need to know.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Stonnington Council mayor Melina Sehr.

Stonnington mayor takes out court order banning council watchdog from demeaning online posts

A long-running feud between Council Watch president Dean Hurlston and Stonnington mayor Melina Sehr has ended in a court battle over personal safety.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Thomas Towle outside Bendigo Magistrates’ Court in January.

Killer driver set to avoid jail after ‘flouting’ laws

Thomas Towle,jailed for 10 years after killing six teenagers in a hit-run in 2006,faced court on Tuesday after admitting to driving while unlicensed and high on drugs.

  • Callum Godde
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Andrew Sullivan was stabbed in a lift.

Killer learns fate after stabbing innocent man in Carlton lift

A 24-year-old man who fatally stabbed an “entirely innocent” stranger in a lift has been sentenced to jail.

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Then and now:A young Jason Roberts (left) and in September last year.

Payout for man wrongfully convicted of police murders

Jason Roberts served 22 years for the 1998 murders of two police officers but was later acquitted.

  • John Silvester
Mary Iviglia,who was allegedly struck by her own car outside Casey Hospital on Wednesday.

When Mary Iviglia was struck outside hospital,her family’s world almost ‘fell apart’

The 66-year-old was rushed to The Alfred hospital,where her condition has improved to serious,but stable.

  • Cassandra Morgan andWilliam Ton
Teresa Moraitis and her nephew Jim Moraitis attend a hearing at the Supreme Court.

‘Broken and destroyed’:Mother denied final goodbye at daughter’s funeral

Teresa Moraitis wanted to put her daughter’s favourite flowers in her hands at her funeral. She was horrified to discover why she couldn’t.

  • Carla Jaeger