Home of Erin Patterson is searched following fatal mushroom lunch
Erin Patterson has appeared in court. 48-year-old Leongatha woman was charged . She sat quietly as her fate was discussed. Police will take 20 weeks to put together a brief. READ:Erin Patterson has been charged with trying to murder her husband on four separate occasions, court documents reveal - as a magistrate lashed out at a police request for more time to investigate her alleged crimes.
Erin Patterson appeared in court on Friday for the first time after being charged with murder and attempted murder This was questioned by Magistrate Walsh, who asked why they needed a delay when the informant, Detective Acting-Sergeant Stephen Eppingstall, was 'confident enough to charge this woman yesterday'.Ms Patterson's lawyer, Ben Doogue, told the court his law firm had been engaged 'for a while' and hinted the case could 'well go on for a very long time'.As Mr Walsh explained he did not have the power to grant her bail, Ms Patterson could be seen nodding repeatedly.
A police prosecutor said the time was needed to allow police to forensically analyse new evidence they retrieved from her home on Thursday. Erin Patterson enters the Wonthaggi police station where she was charged with three murders on Thursday
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