Erin Patterson, who cooked a mushroom beef Wellington police believe killed three people, says she ate the meal and bought the fungi at a grocer in Melbourne, and that her children ate the leftovers.
The leftovers of a poisonous mushroom beef Wellington that police suspect killed three people have been given to authorities to test as the cook who made the dish claims she bought the mushrooms it contained from an Asian grocer.documenting her side of the incident, in a bid to answer the questions of homicide investigators and refute what she claims has been wildly inaccurate media reporting.
In the statement, Patterson strenuously denied any wrongdoing and said she could not explain how the meal caused the group’sLeft to right: Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson all died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms. Ian Wilkinson remains in a critical condition at a Melbourne hospital.
Patterson has also claimed the media reporting on the incident has been wildly inaccurate and selective, which she says has intentionally but mistakenly portrayed her as a perpetrator, rather than an innocent party. For the meal, the rehydrated mushrooms were mixed with other mushrooms purchased from a supermarket and cooked into the beef Wellington dish.
But Patterson says she did fall ill with intestinal problems on July 31 – two days after eating the lunch herself – and was admitted to the hospital in Leongatha before an ambulance transferred her to a hospital in Melbourne. During her hospital stay, Patterson said she was given a treatment to protect her from liver damage.
In the statement, Patterson said the poisoning of her lunch guests and the intense speculation generated by the case has seriously affected her mental health and wellbeing.visited Leongatha last week, residents expressed shock and disbelief at the news of the poisonings.stay-at-home mother, as a reserved person who kept to herself and did not become closely involved in the community.