Three people died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington made by Erin Patterson, whose subsequent trial gripped the country.

Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them later died of death cap mushroom poisoning. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty.

Australian Erin Patterson was found guilty today of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with a poisonous beef wellington. The jury in the Supreme Court trial in the state of Victoria returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that had gripped Australia.