 Police are investigating images of a bizarre 'death wall' snapped by a tradesman before he painted over it at Erin Patterson's home. Ms Patterson has faced intense scrutiny after her former in-laws and another relative died after eating a beef wellington she'd cooked for them in her Australian home. A fourth guest was hospitalised after falling seriously ill. Ms Patterson's ex-husband Simon Patterson was due to attend the lunch but cancelled at the last minute. Following her split from Simon, their home in Korumburra was put on the market and tradespeople were hired to repaint the walls. The wall in question – purportedly daubed with graffiti by Ms Patterson's children – took six coats of paint to cover and featured images of daggers, tombstones and decapitated heads. It featured scribbles and dark quotes, including the words: 'You are dead by the sword'. The tradesman, who asked to remain anonymous, was being paid to remove the graffiti when he snapped the image, MailOnline reports. He said Australian detectives had been keen to get their hands on the image in the days following their raid on Ms Patterson's current home in Leongatha. The wall included images of tombstones and decapitated heads (Picture: Yvette Kelly) Erin Patterson maintains her innocence (Picture: Seven) Heather (left) and Ian Wilkinson (right) both became severely ill after eating the beef wellington. Heather died in hospital while Ian was hospitalised Word of the strange graffiti, which had been scribbled by Erin's children on a dining room wall, had quickly spread throughout the area – situated in Victoria's east. 'The police were inquiring about it. They wanted to see it. They had heard about it,' the tradesman said. The tradesman arranged to meet a detective to hand over the image, which he had already supplied to a news organisation. 'I said 'yeah we can catch up and you can have a look at it'){kind=link}
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Police are investigating images of a bizarre ‘death wall’ snapped by a tradesman before he painted over it at Erin Patterson’s home.
Ms Patterson has faced intense scrutiny after her former in-laws and another relative died after eating a beef wellington she’d cooked for them in her Australian home.
A fourth guest was hospitalised after falling seriously ill. Ms Patterson’s ex-husband Simon Patterson was due to attend the lunch but cancelled at the last minute.
Following her split from Simon, their home in Korumburra was put on the market and tradespeople were hired to repaint the walls.