Erin Patterson didn’t tell a “single person” that she may have accidentally added foraged mushrooms to a lunch that eventually killed three of her relatives, her murder trial has heard.
On her fifth day in the witness box Ms Patterson was also questioned about online searches for death cap mushrooms and if she really loved her in-laws.
Ms Patterson maintains the deaths were an accident.
By Sacha Payne for ABC News Victoria
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