Earlier this week, the woman at the centre of the mushroom deaths case that captured the attention of the country, attended court for the second time.

Erin Patterson was arrested and charged in November last year with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the small-town Victorian case tracked around the world.

Legal teams are now focusing their efforts on the timing and location for a committal hearing, which could be impacted by a request from Patterson’s legal team to have the case tested in front of her peers in a local court.

Patterson has already spent five months in custody, and may spend many more waiting for a hearing that could be pushed out to 2025.

Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson on everything we know so far, and what we can expect next.