Woman charged with three murders after family lunch in Australia – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

At the end of July this year, the woman had invited her former in-laws to lunch in the restaurant where she works as a waitress. The woman’s ex-husband was also supposed to attend the lunch, but had to cancel. The guests were served the English classic Beef Wellington. The following day, both the woman’s former parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law were admitted to hospital. Heather Wilkinson died, while her husband Ian survived. Photo: Privat Within a few days, both the former parents-in-law and the sister-in-law died in hospital. The brother-in-law survived after two months in hospital. Now Australian police believe that the woman deliberately poisoned the former in-laws. Denies criminal guilt The woman was arrested on Thursday and charged with murder by the police in the state of Victoria, writes the BBC. The 49-year-old denies criminal guilt and claims that she did not poison the guests on purpose. The case has received a lot of attention in the Australian media. – I have not come across any other case that has led to this level of interest from the media and the public, said police detective Dean Thomas, at a press conference. Had to go to hospital herself The woman has previously explained that she served a Beef Wellington pie with a blading of mushrooms from two different shops. In a statement in August, the woman wrote that she had absolutely no reason to harm these people whom she loved. Her children, who were not present during the lunch, ate some of the leftovers the next day. However, they did not eat the mushroom, and picked it off the plate, as they do not like mushrooms. The 49-year-old has also explained that she too was in hospital two days after the lunch, as she did not feel well. Green fly agaric is deadly poison, even in small quantities, and even if it is boiled or fried. Photo: Gro Gulden/Botanisk museum Highly toxic mushroom Green fly agaric is classified as “very toxic” by the Norwegian Mushroom and Useful Plant Association. Norwegian Health describes it as “fatally toxic” and asks people to contact a doctor quickly if they suspect they have eaten it. Green fly agaric is a rare mushroom in Norway. It grows in coastal areas from Østfold to Hordaland. The fungus usually grows with oak, hazel and beech in deciduous forests and parks.



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