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Erin Patterson convicted for murder of husband’s family with deadly mushrooms
Australian woman Erin Patterson was convicted Monday of murdering her estranged husband’s family by poisoning them with death cap mushrooms. Patterson, 50, faces up to life in prison for the deaths of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson following a meal at her home in Leongatha in July 2023.
See the evidence used to convict Erin Patterson in the mushroom murder trial
The jury in Erin Patterson's trial sat through weeks of evidence before convicting her of murder. On Monday, Patterson was found guilty of the murders of her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. She was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather's husband Ian.
The 50-year-old's in-laws died in 2023 after eating beef Wellingtons prepared by Patterson - they were later found to contain ...
Patterson pleaded not guilty, but did accept that death cap mushrooms had been baked into the individual Beef Wellingtons.
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