Australian woman found guilty in ‘mushroom murder’ trial

The world reacts to Erin Patterson's guilty verdict

Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering in-laws with mushroom meal

Observers and supporters react to Erin Patterson's guilty verdict

Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three of her in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a meal laced with death cap mushrooms. The jury unanimously decided she deliberately poisoned her estranged husband's family after hearing eight weeks of evidence.

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three relatives with a meal of death cap mushrooms baked in a Beef Wellington lunch, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and the attempted murder of the lone survivor.

The murder trial of Erin Patterson has brought a global audience to the small town of Morwell, with some of the world's biggest media outlets covering her guilty verdict as it broke.

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a meal laced with death cap mushrooms. The verdict follows ten-week trial that some observers have described as "emotionally charged".

Observers have described a stunned silence after the jury announced they had found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three people with poisoned mushrooms.

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