True Crime Tuesday - 7 News Court Reporter Estelle Griepink on the Erin Patterson "Mushroom Cook" case - 26/08/25

Joining the Run Home today for True Crime Tuesday we are joined by 7 News Court Reporter Estelle Griepink to chat about the Erin Patterson "Mushroom Cook" case after court proceedings came to end

00:00 Estelle been at the court everyday

00:30 Did Erin show any sort of remorse?

01:00 Expectations of the guilty verdict

02:00 Basics of the Erin Patterson Case

03:00 What was Erin Patterson’s defence?

03:45 What was the prosecutions evidence? (Using different coloured plates)

04:30 Death Cap Mushrooms being grown in the wild

06:00 Erin Patterson lied about having cancer

07:30 Simon Pattersons involvement in the trial (he long suspected that Erin had tried to poison him)

08:30 What were the motives?

09:30 How were the guests invited to the dinner?

10:15 How do the journalist sit on important information until later in the date

11:10 Was the jury unanimous? 

11:40 What sentencing could we expect?

12:35 Can she appeal the sentence or conviction?

13:10 Any other similar cases around the world?

14:00 Do you have a phobia of mushrooms yourself?

15:10 How did she get into court reporting?

16:00 Where to follow the rest of the case?

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