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Jury Retires To Decide Verdict In Australia's Mushroom Murder Trial

A handout court sketch drawn from a video link on June 2, 2025, and received on June 19, 2025, shows Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three people with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington, at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, south of Melbourne, as she faces trial in a case that has grabbed global attention. (Credit: AFP)

Jury members retired Monday to decide the fate of an Australian woman accused of murdering three members of her husband's family with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington lunch.

Jurors began deliberating their verdict on 50-year-old home cook Erin Patterson after a nine-week trial, with each twist consumed by a global audience.

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