Erin Patterson guilty as charged: the trial that transfixed a nation

A photo composite generated on Friday, 4 July 4 2025, shows (main image) the exterior of the Leongatha home where Erin Patterson allegedly served up four death cap mushroom-laced beef wellingtons in July 2023, in Leongatha, Victoria, Tuesday, 1 July 2025, (inset left) Erin Patterson in Melbourne, Tuesday, 15 April 2025, and (inset right) a poisonous Death Cap Mushroom in Melbourne, Wednesday, 12 April 2023. Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS, JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her former in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth. The jury of seven men and five women took a week to reach their verdict in the highest profile Australian murder trial in decades.

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