US EditionErin Patterson Guilty of Murdering Three Relatives with Death Cap Mushrooms
- 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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An Australian woman has been found guilty of three murders in a trial for deadly fungal poisoning at a family dinner.
Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three relatives with a meal of baked mushrooms at a Beef Wellington luncheon, was convicted of three counts of murder and attempted murder of the sole survivor. A 12-member jury came to the verdict after six days of deliberation that followed the 10-week trial in Morwell, a small city an hour drive from the suburban dining room in Leongatha, Victoria, where the lethal lunch was served in Ju…
How the Erin Patterson mushroom trial caught the world's attention
The "mystery" of "what happened at Erin Patterson's dining table" in rural Australia on 29 July 2023 has "gripped the world" for two years, said the BBC.Of the four relatives who were served beef wellington in her home on that "fateful Saturday", three subsequently died and one was left "fighting for his life".Today, Patterson has been found guilty of murdering her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and her husband's aunt Heather Wilkinson (Gail Pat…
Australian woman found guilty of killing in-laws with toxic mushrooms
An Australian court ruled Monday, July 7, that Erin Patterson was guilty of triple murder after her estranged husband's parents and aunt died from consuming a lunch laced with toxic death cap mushrooms. A fourth person survived.
In Australia, a woman poisoned her relatives with poisonous mushrooms in the Beef Wellington, only one member survived. A jury found her guilty.
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