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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos and Nino Bucci

Two years ago, Erin Patterson’s lunch guests were admitted to hospital. This week she became a convicted murderer

It’s a case so well-publicised it barely needs introduction. Erin Patterson, a middle-aged mother of two, hosted a lunch at her home in Leongatha, a regional town in the Australian state of Victoria, on 29 July 2023.

After being served individual beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms, three of her relatives died and one barely survived.

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