Jury convicts Aussie woman of killing 3 with poisonous mushroom lunch

Mihaela Chircă

July 7 (UPI) -- A Supreme Court jury in Australia on Monday found Erin Patterson guilty of killing three relatives by serving them lunch containing poisonous death cap mushrooms. The 50-year-old woman was found guilty on three counts of murder and the attempted murder of another guest who attended the July 29, 2023 lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria. She had pleaded not guilty in May 2024 and was charged in November 2023. The 12-member jury in Morwell on Monday found the mother of two