Family members told the Supreme Court the accused killer seemed like an ordinary,normal mother. But prosecutors allege Patterson revealed her true feelings about her family to her friends online.
The pre-recorded video evidence of Patterson’s children was played to the jury on Friday,the ninth day of the murder trial.
A video recording of evidence from Erin Patterson’s daughter was played to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Adam Sontag thought he was doing the right thing when he attempted to arrest a masked teenager allegedly defacing a street sign in Upwey. He is now fighting an assault charge.
Grace Donato’s daughter Adriana was killed with a hunting knife by her ex-boyfriend in 2012. Grace discovered by chance that the killer had been allowed out on day release.
Nerves are high among soccer clubs in Melbourne’s south-east after three separate incidents,including the firebombing of a car and two blazes that have destroyed clubhouses.
The new chief commissioner of Victoria Police faces a stern test when he begins next month,with crime rates soaring and a slump in morale among frontline officers.
The town pastor who survived a poisoned mushroom lunch that killed three family members has recalled how he and his gravely ill wife were dramatically rushed through the corridors of a regional hospital after a local doctor learnt their sickness might be from death cap mushrooms and not simply gastro.
New Victorian chief commissioner Mike Bush,the former head of the New Zealand police force,says he wants to focus on crime prevention.
The alleged mushroom cook killer also asked how to make beef Wellington in the weeks before the deadly lunch,members of a true crime chat group told the court on Monday.