Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her family members with a poisoned mushroom meal.
Patterson, 50, served Beef Wellington to her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, during a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia on July 29, 2023.
The 50-year-old mother was also found guilty of attempted murder after Reverend Ian Wilkinson – Heather’s husband – survived the lunch.
Prosecutors accused Patterson of knowingly serving the guests lethal death cap mushrooms or “amanita phalloides”, but her defence claimed the deaths were a “terrible accident”.
The guests ate their meals off four large grey dinner plates, while Patterson ate from a smaller, tan-coloured plate, the court was told.
