Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives by lacing their beef wellington with death cap mushrooms. She was also found guilty of attempting to murder a fourth person. The prosecution said she did it on purpose; she says it was an accident. It took a jury in Australia six days to reach a verdict after listening to 40 days of extraordinary evidence.
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Further reading:
How Erin Patterson became the mushroom murderer
Erin Patterson found guilty of murder in death cap mushroom trial
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