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Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them later died of death cap mushroom poisoning. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty.
An innocuous-looking mushroom with a sweet smell and a sinister name lay at the centre of Australian woman Erin Patterson's triple-murder conviction.
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Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after serving extended family members a lunch laced with deadly death cap ...
The judge is delving deeper into prosecutor Nanette Rogers' argument that Erin Patterson did not suffer death cap mushroom poisoning.
Erin Patterson did not react, staring at the jury as the verdict was read out. They had found her guilty of murder and attempted murder after she laced a beef Wellington meal with death cap ...
Australian woman Erin Patterson is found guilty of 3 murders after serving death cap mushrooms to her in-laws for lunch.
An Australian mother has been found guilty of murdering three of her relatives and attempting to kill a fourth after feeding them a poisoned beef wellington lunch. Erin Patterson, 50, was convicted on ...