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This week, the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty, on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdict seems to have only fuelled interest and spawned more and more coverage and conjecture. Reged Ahmad speaks to editor, Lenore Taylor, and national news editor, Josephine Tovey, about the ethics of covering the mushroom trial, and where to draw the line between public interest and ghoulish fascination |