Australian denies using poisonous mushrooms to kill ex-husband's kin

MELBOURNE, Australia: This week, an Australian woman accused of serving her ex-husband's family poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court to three charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder.

Erin Patterson, 49, is accused of killing her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.

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