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Erin Patterson guilty of Australian mushroom murders: All about verdict

A court sketch of Erin Patterson drawn from a videolink on June 2, 2025 [Handout/Anita Lester/Latrobe Valley Law Courts via AFP]

A jury in Australia on Monday found a woman guilty of murdering her estranged husband’s parents and aunt using poisonous mushroom-laced beef Wellington, its verdict capping weeks of courtroom depositions in a case that has gripped the country and made headlines worldwide.

Erin Patterson, the convict, had denied the charges, and her defence team had called the deaths a “terrible accident”.

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