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I'm the ABC's court reporter, Christian Silver.

And I'm Stephen Stockwell.

We're standing outside the Morewell Courthouse where Erin Patterson's trial has begun,

and Stocky, in all my years of reporting, I've never seen a case like this.

The small town mystery that's gripped the nation and made headlines around the world.

Just a week after four people sat down for a family lunch in rural Victoria, three of them

were dead.

On the menu was Beef Wellington, a pastry filled with beef and a patte made of mushrooms.

Three people are dead and one man is fighting for his life this morning after it's suspected

mushroom poisoning in South Gippsland in Victoria.

But Aaron Patterson has strongly maintained her innocence.

It's a tragedy what's happened?

I love them.

We're hosting the Mushroom Case Daily podcast and we'll be bringing you episodes every day

this epic trial is before the jury. Now, the first week here at the La Trobe Valley Courthouse

is nearly over. So far, Christian, we've heard some explosive details.

That's right. We now know the prosecution will argue Erin Patterson invited her relatives to lunch,

to tell them she had cancer

and to ask their advice on how to break it to her kids.

The prosecution says when Aaron served the fatal lunch,

the four guests got their own individual beef Wellington on a grey plate,

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