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Australian woman Erin Patterson is convicted of 3 murders for poisoning her in-laws with mushrooms
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Erin Patterson is photographed in Melbourne, on April 15, 2025. - photo by James Ross/AAP Image via AP
MORWELL, Australia (AP) — Australian woman Erin Patterson was Monday found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced at a later date.