Australian woman found guilty of murder over toxic mushroom lunch

 

Erin Patterson is guilty on all counts

One by one, the court goes through the four charges - three of murder and one of attempted murder - with the jury returning guilty verdicts for all.

 

Summary

• The jury is due to deliver their verdict in the high-profile murder trial of an Australian woman accused of cooking a deadly mushroom lunch for relatives

• Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to four charges - three of murder and one of attempted murder - over the beef Wellington lunch she served at her home

• Ms Patterson's in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, along with Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, all fell ill and died days after the lunch

• The prosecution have claimed Ms Patterson knowingly put toxic death cap mushrooms into the home-cooked meal, before lying to police and disposing of evidence

• But the defence argue Ms Patterson accidentally included the poisonous fungi in the dish and only lied because she panicked

 

As reported b y The BBC

 

 

 

   2025-07-07

 

 

 

I am glad that she is convicted. The circumstantial evidence was very strong. What she did was very evil.

A good summary of the evidence