Erin Patterson, 50, is facing three charges of murder, and one charge of attempted murder, after hosting a fatal beef wellington lunch in July 2023. Three people died in hospital in the days after Ms Patterson’s lunch: Ms Patterson's in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66.

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of murder and attempted murder of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms in July 2023, has been found guilty. The trial lasted 10 weeks and featured over 50 witnesses. Patterson, 50, faces life in prison.

An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country.