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07-07-2025
Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill one other after cooking them a beef wellington lunch containing toxic death cap mushrooms.
07-07-2025
Australian Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three relatives of her estranged husband by serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch at her home in 2023. The victims were her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, who died after eating beef Wellington pastries containing death cap mushrooms. Patterson was also convicted of attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband, who survived the meal. The trial lasted nine weeks, and the jury deliberated for six days before delivering a unanimous verdict, rejecting Patterson's defense that the presence of the poisonous fungi was an accident. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced later.
07-07-2025
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after serving a meal of death cap mushrooms to her relatives, resulting in the deaths of three people and injuring one.
07-07-2025
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman, has been found guilty of murdering three relatives with a meal of death cap mushrooms baked in a Beef Wellington lunch and attempting to murder the lone survivor. The jury delivered the verdict after six days of deliberation following a 10-week trial. Patterson was accused of deliberately tainting the lunch with highly toxic fungi she picked after seeing their location posted on a public website. Her defense argued that the deaths were a "terrible accident" and that she lied to police out of panic. The prosecution alleged that Patterson fabricated a cancer claim to invite the victims to lunch, secretly added lethal doses of poison to the meal, faked illness, and attempted to cover her tracks. Patterson will be sentenced at a later date.
07-07-2025
An Australian mother, Erin Patterson, has been found guilty of murdering her estranged husband's parents and his aunt by serving them a beef Wellington dish laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms at her home in Leongatha, Victoria. Three people died and a fourth, Reverend Ian Wilkinson, survived after being hospitalized for seven weeks. Patterson was also convicted of the attempted murder of Reverend Wilkinson. The trial was highly publicized in Australia, with the jury rejecting Patterson's defense that the poisoning was an accident, citing inconsistencies and lies in her testimony. Patterson faces a maximum life sentence, with sentencing to be determined at a later date.
07-07-2025
An Australian woman, Erin Patterson, was found guilty of murdering three of her husband's relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them poisonous mushrooms at a lunch party. The victims died within a week after consuming beef Wellington made with death cap mushrooms. Patterson, 50, faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The prosecution argued that Patterson's guilt was evident in her deceptive actions, including lying to the police and discarding evidence. Patterson maintained that the deaths were a tragic accident, claiming she may have inadvertently mixed poisonous mushrooms with store-bought ones.
07-07-2025
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman, was found guilty of murdering her estranged husband's three relatives by serving them poisonous death cap mushrooms for lunch. She was also convicted of attempting to murder the husband of one of the victims, who survived the meal. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced later.
