Erin Patterson verdict live updates: Mushroom killer guilty on all charges over fatal beef Wellington lunch
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We’re closing our live coverage for today, but if you want to catch up on all the latest from the Erin Patterson trial as it happened, scroll through the posts below.
To recap:
- Erin Patterson was found guilty on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder.
- Never-before-seen pictures of the convicted killer were released moments after the verdict.
- And reports come in that Patterson had been thrown in solitary confinement after fellow inmates accused her of tampering with prison food.
- Here’s the full wrap of the trial too.
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Jury enters Victorian Supreme Court to deliver verdict
The jury has returned to the Victorian Supreme Court in the Latrobe Valley after a week of deliberation.
Court resumes for verdict
The court has resumed for Erin Patterson to learn her fate.
Stay with us as we bring you live updates on the verdict.
Quick recap of the Erin Patterson mushroom trial
The lunch on July 29, 2023, was served by Ms Patterson at her Leongatha home to in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister and her husband, Heather and Ian Wilkinson.
Only Ms Patterson and Mr Wilkinson survived.
It was a “special” lunch, Ms Patterson previously told the court, to thank her family and spend time with them amid concerns of growing distance from her separation with former partner Simon Patterson, Don and Gail’s parents.
The evidence the jury was tasked to consider included Ms Patterson’s court testimony, where she detailed a history of lies that she told, including ones about illness that she didn’t have and the ownership and use of a food dehydrator.
Justice Beale had told the jury that those lies may not be enough to find Ms Patterson guilty.
“That is not to say just because you find she lied about one matter that she lied about everything else,” he told the jury before they were sent to deliberate.
“It is for you to decide what significance to give these alleged lies.”
Erin Patterson to return to court for verdict
After an 11-week trial, Erin Patterson, the mum who cooked a fatal, death cap mushroom-laced beef Wellington lunch that killed three, will learnt her fate in the Victorian Supreme Court.
On Monday, the jury confirmed it had reached verdicts for the charges.
Justice Christopher Beale is reconvening court at 2.15pm AEST as Australia and the world wait to see what fate has been decided.
Ms Patterson will be in the court.
Jury reaches verdict in Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial
The jury in Erin Patterson’s mushroom triple murder trial has indicated to the court that they have reached verdicts.
The court will reconvene at 2.15pm AEST.
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