Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth on Monday after she laced their meal with death cap mushrooms.

Erin Patterson remained composed as a jury decided whether a poisoned beef Wellington lunch she cooked was a deliberate and callous act of murder, or a tragic accident.

In a matter of minutes, a tension built over weeks of legal arguments and disputed versions of what happened the day Erin Patterson hosted her in-laws for lunch was resolved.

Counsel are frequently faced with double-edged swords. Before the trial began Patterson elected to be tried in the Latrobe Valley. This was her decision and while the Supreme Court and the County ...

Further true crime content focusing on the case of Australian 'mushroom killer' Erin Patterson is being released after she ...

Erin Patterson looks much like you’d expect any middle-aged Australian woman to – brown hair, glasses, unremarkable clothes. As University of Sydney criminologist Dr Helen Easton pointed out, “she ...

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Few criminal trials in recent history have piqued the public interest like Erin Patterson’s conviction for poisoning three ...