Mushroom murder trial verdict live: Erin Patterson found guilty of three counts of murder
The jury has reached a verdict in Erin Patterson's murder trial, finding her guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Patterson had pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and attempting to murder another by serving them beef Wellingtons containing death cap mushrooms during a lunch at her home at Leongatha in regional Victoria in July 2023.
Patterson's parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson both died after the lunch, along with Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson survived after spending weeks in hospital.
The trial was held in the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in the regional Victorian town of Morwell.
Much more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-verdict-guilty-live-blog/105477452
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Happened in mid 2023. She was arrested sometime last year, but she opted for a trial in the regional centre near her home, which happens to be in my area of Victoria, so that meant a fairly long delay in the trial, mostly because of the logistics of such a high profile trial.
A month ago I needed to visit a gov. department office just round the corner for the court in Morwell where the trial was held. Not a parking spot anywhere. 