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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

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Euronews · Jul 7, 2025

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The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

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The “mushroom murder trial”, as it has popularly become known, has gripped Australia over the past 11 weeks. More than that, it’s prompted worldwide headlines, multiple daily podcasts, and even YouTube videos of self-proclaimed “body language experts” assessing defendant Erin Patterson’s every move.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

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Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

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AAP · Jul 7, 2025

Erin Patterson GUILTY of murdering three relatives by serving them meal laced with death cap mushrooms

Guilty verdicts met with gasps from members of the public inside the packed courtroom in the Australian town of Morwell on Monday

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

Erin Patterson trial latest: First photos of deadly beef wellington mushroom lunch released

Pictures first shown to the jury of the meal that contained death cap mushrooms have been released by the court

International Business Times · Jul 7, 2025

The Making Of Australia's Mushroom Murders

Australian Erin Patterson served a beef Wellington lunch that was "delicious" by all accounts, using eye fillet steak, flakey golden pastry, and the deadliest mushrooms known to man.

Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2025

Erin Patterson guilty of Australian mushroom murders: All about verdict

Patterson fed her former in-laws beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, the jury’s verdict said.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

A test of political courage: Yoorrook’s final reports demand action, not amnesia

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

Erin Patterson found guilty on all counts in mushroom murders case that gripped Australia

Patterson found guilty of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

Five key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin Patterson

Over more than two months the court heard details of a meal of beef wellingtons that contained death cap mushrooms and killed three

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

In Texas, parents search flood debris for missing kids. Are Australians ready for our own sudden floods?

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The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

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

Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives, who died after she deliberately served them poisonous mushrooms for lunch

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-laws

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

Australian woman found guilty of murder – as it happened

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AAP · Jul 7, 2025

China wants AI in expanded trade deal with Australia

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