Australian Mushroom Cook Convicted of Triple Murder After Serving Fatal Beef Wellington Lunch

Australian Mushroom Cook Convicted of Triple Murder After Serving Fatal Beef Wellington Lunch
Erin Patterson in Melbourne, Australia, on April 15, 2025. James Ross/AAP Image via AP
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MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.

The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced later, but a date for the hearing hasn’t yet been scheduled.