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A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case

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

What Happens Now Triple Mushroom Murderer Erin Patterson Has Been Found Guilty?

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

Pedestrian.tv

An unclear motive and a media frenzy: The mushroom murder trial, explained

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

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Kyle and Jackie O face possible prosecution for contempt for comments made during Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial

‘I encourage all commentators to engage their brains before they open their mouths,’ judge said

The Guardian - AU

Man shot through eye and buried alive survived attempted murder by ‘contract crew’, NSW police allege

Victim walked into service station covered in dirt in 2024, say detectives who allege offenders responsible for another kidnapping and also murder of Rich Choup

The Guardian - AU

From 'stress less' to vicious murder in a rural town

A long-time drug user will be sentenced for murdering a man he accused of being a pedophile, but the killing was not an act of vigilantism, his lawyer says.

AAP

Man accused of murdering police officer fronts court

A 46-year-old man has appeared in court after being accused of murdering a police officer who was attending a property to deliver a home repossession order.

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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

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

The Independent UK

Verdict handed down in mushroom murders case

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The Independent UK

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.

International Business Times

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.

Al Jazeera

Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why

After seven weeks of evidence, six days of summing up, and six and a half days of jury deliberation in the Victorian Supreme Court sitting in Morwell, Victoria, the verdict is finally in. Erin Patterson murdered her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson.

The Conversation

Australian woman found guilty in mushroom murder trial

Erin Patterson, 50, found guilty of murdering her estranged husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms.

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International Business Times

Australian Woman Found Guilty Of Triple Murder With Toxic Mushrooms

An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms, a jury found Monday at the climax of a trial watched around the world.

The Independent UK

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

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

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Accused Mushroom Killer Erin Patterson Found Guilty Of Murder

Accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one of attempted murder by a 15-person jury.

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The Independent UK

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

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

AAP

Photos of deadly meal revealed as killer learns fate

After a triple-murder trial that attracted global attention, mushroom cook Erin Patterson has been found to be one of Australia's worst female killers.

The Guardian - AU

Australian woman found guilty of murder – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Man charged in murder investigation after scientist fatally injured on Dundee street

A 20-year-old man has been charged in connection to the death of Dr Fortune Gomo

Evening Standard

Death of scientist in Dundee ‘being treated as murder’ as man charged

Police Scotland named the victim as Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, who lived in the area.

The Guardian - US

DoJ to give up audio tapes of killing and torture of DEA agent Kiki Camarena

Major development in case against Rafael Caro Quintero accused of participating in Camarena’s murder in 1985 in Mexico

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