Australian mushroom murder trial: Erin Patterson guilty
A jury found the 50 year old knowingly cooked a toxic mushrooms lunch for relatives
Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives with a toxic mushroom lunch, a jury has found. We speak to our correspondent in Australia Phil Mercer and reporter Gillian Lantouris from Australia's Channel Nine - she was in Erin Patterson's hometown of Leongatha when the verdict was handed down.
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Presenter: Emma Vardy
(Photo: Exhibit J shown as part of Erin Patterson's trial for murder of her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms. Credit: Supreme Court of Victoria)
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