Triple murder accused finishes giving evidence in seventh week of mushroom lunch trial

Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?

It was 12.40pm on Thursday, and Erin Patterson was striding from the witness box to the dock.

“Just wait there, Ms Patterson,” Justice Christopher Beale said.

She didn’t hear him and kept walking, head down, tears in her eyes, a tissue in her left hand.