<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A trial over whether a poisoned beef Wellington was deliberately served to four people with murderous intent is entering its final weeks as it continues to make international headlines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Erin Patterson, 50, will face her fourth week of a Supreme Court trial today, which is being held in the town of Morwell, about two hours' drive from Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fifteen jurors had been initially selected for the trial but this was cut down to 14 last Thursday after Justice Christopher Beale dismissed a juror for potentially discussing the case with family or friends.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-missing-father-jayden-harwood-family-emotional-plea-for-information/fc39ea89-1939-4af3-90df-ea4939ab60fe" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Family's desperate plea for answers months after son disappears</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury will be further whittled down to 12 by the end of the trial, who will be sequestered to decide whether Patterson is guilty of three murders and one attempted murder, or it was all a terrible accident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patterson has pleaded not guilty to all offences brought against her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Family of Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Heather Wilkinson, 66, who all died after consuming a death cap mushroom-laced beef Wellington at Patterson's home in 2023 have attended every day of the trial.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-poison-trial-enters-final-weeks/c600748a-a521-430d-a458-7b03a58fa8e2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-shark-patrols-south-australia/6c779081-9e1d-4ab1-aa45-9e9b495b1069" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Three-metre shark spotted where man was mauled south of Adelaide</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The sole survivor of the lunch, Ian Wilkinson, 71, has sat in the second row of the court for most days since he gave evidence in the second week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury last week heard from toxicologists who tested remains from the beef Wellington – which police seized from a bin at Patterson's home – and found toxins from death cap mushrooms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The factors that can make death cap mushroom consumption lethal were also revealed to be age, weight, tolerance and dosage, the jury was told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial before Justice Christopher Beale will resume today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>