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Mushroom cook Erin Patterson is unlikely to succeed in having her triple-murder convictions overturned should she choose to appeal, a legal expert says.

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, killing three

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Evidence presented in the mushroom murder trial shows the dining table used in the fateful lunch and social media chats

Now that mushroom killer, Erin Patterson, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder, new content about the trial has dropped.

The death cap mushroom case had all the hallmarks of a Shakespearean drama

Erin Patterson, 50, was judged to have deliberately laced beef wellington with death cap mushrooms.

With each guilty verdict, Patterson looked straight at the jury, unflinching, her face unreadable

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 jury has handed down its verdict regarding the now famous beef Wellington meal at Patterson's Leongatha home, what happens next?

The much-publicised case around a deadly beef wellington lunch raises a number of legal issues