The woman accused of murdering three people in an alleged death cap mushroom poisoning faced court on November 3.
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Erin Patterson appeared before Latrobe Magistrates' Court in Victoria's south-east and was remanded to reappear in court in May 2024.
Police requested a 20 week adjournment to analyse computer equipment seized from Patterson's home on November 2.
Patterson was charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder on November 2 after the deaths of three people on July 29, 2023.
Gail and Don Patterson as well as Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson died in August after allegedly ingesting a fatal meal cooked with poisonous death cap mushrooms.
Mrs Wilkinson's husband Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson survived the meal and left hospital in September after weeks in a coma.
Police said the further three attempted murder charges relate to three separate incidents in Victoria between 2021-2022.
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It's alleged a 48-year-old Korumburra man became ill following meals on these dates.
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Anna Houlahan
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