MORWELL, Australia: An Australian woman accused of killing her parents-in-law with a toxic mushroom lunch on Friday appeared in court, where she faces three counts of murder and a string of other charges.

TASTY BUT DEADLY A man walks outside the Latrobe Valley Law Courts building, where a woman faces three counts of murder and two of attempted murder after cooking a meal of mushrooms, in the Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Australian police charged a woman with murder on November 2 over a mushroom meal that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life. Erin Patterson, 49, faces three counts of murder and two of attempted murder over the meal, Victoria state detectives said in a statement. AFP PHOTO
TASTY BUT DEADLY A man walks outside the Latrobe Valley Law Courts building, where a woman faces three counts of murder and two of attempted murder after cooking a meal of mushrooms, in the Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Australian police charged a woman with murder on November 2 over a mushroom meal that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life. Erin Patterson, 49, faces three counts of murder and two of attempted murder over the meal, Victoria state detectives said in a statement. AFP PHOTO

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