‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner

Doctors urged Erin Patterson to take her children to hospital, the Supreme Court of Victoria was told.
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Dr Christopher Webster. Photo: Fairfax.

Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder trial.

Dr Christopher Webster and Dr Veronica Foote were both on duty at Leongatha Hospital in Victoria’s southeast when Ms Patterson presented, saying she had “gastro”.