From cook to killer, Erin Patterson has been convicted of murder.
Jurors today found the 50-year-old guilty of murdering her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson. Ms Wilkinson’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, survived after spending weeks in hospital.
The verdict comes almost two years after the fatal lunch – a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms that devastated a family, rocked a small community and captured global attention.
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