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Australian woman Erin Patterson convicted of mushroom murders
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After six days of deliberations, a verdict in the Baroque murder trial that has gripped Australia.
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Erin Patterson was found guilty by a Victoria court of murdering three of her estranged relatives
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by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch in July 2023. Her mother-in-law Gail
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Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson all died of organ
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failure within a week. Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson survived after a long stay in hospital.
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Patterson's estranged husband Simon was due to attend the lunch but declined the previous day.
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Fifty-year-old Patterson had served them death cap mushrooms in a beef wellington dish. She claimed it
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was a terrible accident but prosecutors say she knowingly destroyed evidence. It's a verdict that
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left one of Patterson's friends devastated as she exited the court. How are you feeling? I'm saddened
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and it is what it is. Thank you. Did you have a chance to talk to Erin though? No. Did you think
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Erin was capable of something like this? She's a triple murderer. Were you expecting your friend
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to be found not guilty? I didn't have any expectations. It's the justice system and it has to be what it is.
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The lurid nature of the case has made Patterson a cult figure in Australia with her likeness adorning a
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mural in Melbourne. Passers-by say they understand how difficult it must have been to decide on a case
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that nearly everyone has an opinion on. I'm certainly glad I was never asked to be on it
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because I reckon I would struggle to um to find a decision and I understand that they picked 16 or
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they picked more jurors in case people you know went wrong so I'm glad I'm just watching it on the
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sidelines. The 12 final jurors had to come to a unanimous decision to secure a conviction.
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Patterson, who will be sentenced at a later date, faces life in prison.
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