Erin Patterson Guilty of Murdering Three Relatives with Death Cap Mushrooms
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, JUL 7 – Erin Patterson was found guilty after a 10-week trial for poisoning three relatives with death cap mushrooms, with one survivor hospitalized for two months, prosecutors said.
- Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives by serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.
- The jury rejected Patterson's defense that the presence of the poisonous fungi was an accident caused by mistaken inclusion of foraged mushrooms.
- Patterson faces life in prison for murdering her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, and for attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson.
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Erin Patterson's toxic femininity
If you are a woman, and you have fantasised about murdering a lover, I would wager you thought about using poison. We are seven times more likely to use poison than a man — unless we are Vladimir Putin. Men kill more, of course, and are more likely to be killed. But in every other marker of physical violence, we lag behind them. Here, we catch up, and that should be a song in Chicago. It’s arresting if you aren’t involved — death by poison storie
Death by Fungi: Cashing in on Erin Patterson
She has become a notorious figure of international interest, shamelessly exploited for news cycles, commercial worth, and career advancement. After a trial lasting nine weeks, conducted at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, Victoria, Erin Patterson, a stocky, thick-set mother of two, was found guilty of three murders and an attempted murder. Date: July 29, 2023, in the town of Leongatha. Her weapon in executing her plot of Sophoclean extr…
Australian woman Erin Patterson is convicted of 3 murders for ...
They were invited to eat a Wellington loin and that was their last meal.What was the verdict for the 50-year-old Australian woman.
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