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The woman who cooked up a mushroom lunch which left three of her in-laws dead and a fourth fighting for his life has accused the media of painting her as ‘an evil witch’.
Erin Patterson, 48, made beef wellington for her estranged husband Simon’s parents Gail and Don, both 70, as well as Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and brother-in-law Ian Wilkinson, 68.
They had all gathered for a ‘mediation’ meeting to discuss her relationship with Mr Patterson, who pulled out at the last minute.
Speaking to The Australian, the mum-of-two said: ‘I lost my parents-in-law, my children lost their grandparents. And I’ve been painted as an evil witch.