Accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson requests trial in Gippsland

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Leongatha woman Erin Patterson has appeared in court via video link where it was heard she was “content to wait” in prison for more than a year to have her triple murder trial held in her local community.

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00:00 The woman accused of murdering three people and attempting to kill two others has faced court for

00:04 the first time since November 2023. Erin Patterson, who maintains her innocence, attended the

00:10 application hearing this morning via audio visual link from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre outside Melbourne.

00:15 Her barrister told the court that she was willing to wait in prison for more than a year in order

00:20 to have her trial heard in Gippsland. The magistrate, who offered to move the case to Melbourne or to

00:25 the Supreme Court, warned that she could be in remand for 14 or 15 months if she's determined

00:31 to have the case stay in La Trobe Valley Magistrate's Court. Court proceedings for

00:35 Ms Patterson's charges are expected to take a number of months, so I'll be your eyes and ears

00:40 in the courtroom as Ms Patterson's trial continues. Follow us here for all the latest.

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