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A DEADLY LAST LUNCH

ON THE surface it looks like a lovely gesture: an invitation to a Saturday afternoon lunch to reconcile estranged relatives – but it ended with the agonising death of three people and the shock arrest of the apparently gracious hostess.

The rural Australian town of Leongatha, about 130km from Melbourne, has been rocked to the core by the case which has made headlines around the world.

Erin Patterson, a 49-year-old mom of two, has been charged with the murders of her former in-laws and multiple attempts to murder her ex-husband.

She’d invited her ex, Simon Patterson, his parents, Gail and Don Patterson, and his aunt and uncle, Heather and Ian Wilkinson, for lunch on 29 July in

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