Erin Patterson, the woman accused of serving her ex-husband's family poisonous mushrooms, is photographed in Melbourne, Australia, on April 15, 2025. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP) The Associated Press

NEWCASTLE, Australia -- The woman accused of murdering three members of her ex-husband's family by serving them poisonous mushrooms has taken the stand at an Australian court on Monday as the highly publicized triple murder trial nears its conclusion.

Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of killing her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, and also of attempting to murder Wilkinson’s husband, Ian, 68 after the four consumed a meal at Patterson’s home in Victoria state in July 2023.

She could face up to 25 years in priso

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