Don Patterson (left),Gail Patterson,Heather Wilkinson and Ian Wilkinson were poisoned by a mushroom meal.

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

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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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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
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.

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Christopher Dale Flannery (second from left) entering court.

A hitman’s legacy:the family left devastated

Roger Wilson has been reduced to the passport photo used in police appeals for information when he disappeared,and he has become a bit player in his own life.

  • John Silvester
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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
Faruk Orman,flanked by his lawyers,walks free from the Supreme Court in July 2019.

Melbourne gangland’s relief as underworld figures dodge witness box on eve of Lawyer X trial

Faruk Orman’s settlement with his ex-lawyer,Nicola Gobbo,has stopped his compensation trial from calling up witnesses such as Mick Gatto.

  • Chris Vedelago andCameron Houston
The scene outside Casey Hospital on Wednesday.

Man charged after woman struck by car thief outside Melbourne hospital

A 66-year-old woman was walking with her husband to a hospital entrance when a man allegedly stole their car and struck her with it.

  • Cassandra Morgan