Erin Patterson arrested over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in Victoria
Erin Patterson arrested over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in Victoria
Patterson, who has denied any wrongdoing, is being questioned by police over the 29 July family lunch in the rural Australian town of Leongatha
Victorian police have arrested Erin Patterson in relation to the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in regional Australia.
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Once the search of the premises is complete today the female will be interviewed by homicide squad investigators.
The female? Not the woman or even her name? Talk about lazy grammar
Apart from making me giggle at how Ferengi it sounds isn't this like some kind of internal policy driven language and not just the whim of a staffer?
That’s even grosser. How should the newspaper know or anyone care if a person is female, have they interviewed her doctor or taken a dna sample?
What I meant was I think the writer was quoting the police or other similar department from a press conference. It sounds like police press conference legalese. I don't see it in the article anywhere though so I'm not sure where the quote - if it is a quote - came from.
Probably written by AI