Jurors in the trial of alleged triple-murderer Erin Patterson have been told three separate charges alleging she had attempted to kill her husband were dropped by prosecutors.
Patterson is facing trial accused of murdering three of her in-laws and attempting to murder one more following an allegedly fatal Beef Wellington lunch she served and hosted almost two years ago.
She has pleaded not guilty and maintains her innocence.
Delivering his instructions to the jury, Justice Christopher Beale said three additional charges of attempted murder, which are not related to the lunch, had been dropped.
Justice Beale said the withdrawn charges had related to alleged attempts on Patterson’s husband Simon Patterson’s life.
Jurors in the Erin Patterson triple-murder trial were told that three separate charges alleging
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