Erin Patterson found guilty on all counts in mushroom murders case that gripped Australia
Verdict handed down in mushroom murders case
- An Australian jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband.
- Patterson was convicted of killing her mother-in-law, father-in-law, and her mother-in-law's sister, and attempting to murder the sister's husband.
- The victims died after consuming a beef wellington meal, which was laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, prepared by Patterson at her Leongatha home in July 2023.
- Patterson had pleaded not guilty, saying the deaths were accidental, but the prosecution argued she deliberately used the toxic fungi and lied about her actions.
- She faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with sentencing to be determined later.