Article 6YFA0 Australia mushroom trial: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Australia mushroom trial: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

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Nino Bucci, Adeshola Ore and Benita Kolovos
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Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-laws

A jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a deadly beef wellington lunch almost two years ago.

As the trial entered its 11th week, a Victorian supreme court jury convicted Patterson of murdering her estranged husband's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The 12-person jury also found Patterson guilty of attempting to murder Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, who survived the lunch after spending weeks in hospital.

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