Victoria Police
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| Address | 637 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3008, Australia |
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| Number of employees | 18,440 (June 2017) |
| Employees | June 2017 |
| Founded | January 8 |
| 1853 | |
| Stations | 332 |
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| ID | 399581 |
About Victoria Police
Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. It was formed in 1853 and now operates under the Victoria Police Act 2013.
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Suspected mushroom poisoning: Australian woman arrested over three deaths
By Hannah RitchieBBC News, Sydney
An Australian woman has been arrested over The suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people.
The Trio had fallen ill after attending A Family lunch in The Victorian town of Leongatha In July . A fourth person was taken to hospital in a Critical Condition .
The Woman who served The Lunch , Erin Patterson , was taken into custody on Thursday. She has not been charged.
Ms Patterson , 49, has strongly maintained she is innocent.
Victoria Police said The Woman would be interviewed by detectives and a search warrant had been conducted at her house.
Gail and Don Patterson - The parents of Ms Patterson 's ex-husband - were guests at The Lunch along with Gail Patterson 's sister Heather Wilkinson and her brother-in-law Ian Wilkinson .
The Four were taken to hospital on 30 July reporting violent illness, police say.
Within days The Patterson couple, both 70, and Ms Wilkinson, 66, had died. Mr Wilkinson, 68, later recovered after two months of treatment.
" This milestone marks a moment of immense relief and gratitude for Ian and The entire Wilkinson family, " his loved ones said in a statement in September.
Erin Patterson has said she herself was taken to hospital after The meal due to stomach pains, and was put on a saline drip and given medication to guard against liver damage.
She has said she served a Beef Wellington pie using a mixture of button mushrooms bought from a supermarket, and dried mushrooms purchased at an Asian grocery months earlier.
" I Am now devastated to think that these mushrooms may have contributed to The illness suffered by my loved ones, " she wrote in a statement in August.
" I really want to repeat that I had absolutely no reason to hurt these people, whom I loved. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com