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Law Report Special: Erin Patterson found guilty in triple mushroom murder

Law Report Special: Erin Patterson found guilty in triple mushroom murder

After seven days of deliberation, a jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murder and attempted murder. The 50-year-old woman was found to have deliberately poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family by serving them a meal containing poisonous wild mushrooms two years ago. The trial in the Victorian Supreme Court in Morwell, outside of Melbourne, ran for more than two months and has drawn international attention.

Law Report · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

July 7, 202517m 0s

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After seven days of deliberation, a jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murder and attempted murder. The 50-year-old woman was found to have deliberately poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family by serving them a meal containing poisonous wild mushrooms two years ago. The trial in the Victorian Supreme Court in Morwell, outside of Melbourne, ran for more than two months and has drawn international attention. 

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Erin PattersonMushroom trialcourts and trialsconvictionMurder trialVictorian juriesDeath Cap Mushrooms