Australian woman Erin Patterson is convicted of 3 murders for poisoning her in-laws with mushrooms

Australian pistillate Erin Patterson was Monday recovered blameworthy of murdering 3 of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.

The assemblage successful the Supreme Court proceedings successful Victoria authorities returned a verdict aft six days of deliberations, pursuing a nine-week proceedings that gripped Australia. Patterson faces beingness successful situation and volition beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

Patterson, who sat successful the dock betwixt 2 situation officers, showed nary emotion but blinked rapidly arsenic the verdicts were read.

Three of Patterson’s 4 luncheon guests — her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson — died successful the infirmary aft the 2023 repast astatine her location successful Leongatha, astatine which she served idiosyncratic beef Wellington pastries containing decease headdress mushrooms.

She was besides recovered blameworthy of attempting to execution Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, who survived the meal.