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- Australian Erin Patterson found guilty of all counts in mushroom murders case</p>
<p>Alasdair PalJuly 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM</p>
<p>By Alasdair Pal</p>
<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country.</p>
<p>Erin Patterson, 50, was charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, along with the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband.</p>
<p>The four gathered at Erin Patterson's home in Leongatha, a town of about 6,000 people some 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Melbourne, where the mother of two served them a meal of individual Beef Wellingtons accompanied by mashed potato and green beans, which were later found to contain death cap mushrooms.</p>
<p>On Monday, the jury in the case found her guilty of all four charges, the court heard in Morwell, a town around two hours east of Melbourne where the trial was being held.</p>
<p>Patterson, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, saying the deaths were accidental, will be sentenced at a later date.</p>
<p>The 10-week trial attracted huge global interest, with local and international media descending on Court 4 at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court in Morwell, the nearest court to Patterson's home where she had requested to be tried, despite being warned of lengthy delays.</p>
<p>State broadcaster ABC's daily podcast on proceedings was consistently among the most popular in Australia during the trial, while several documentaries on the case are already in production.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Morwell; Editing by Saad Sayeed)</p>
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