An Australian woman was found guilty of killing three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. While wild mushrooms are often collected from forests and consumed as part of the daily diet,

An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country.

Patterson, 50, was charged with murdering three relatives of her estranged husband by serving a beef Wellington laced with toxic mushrooms over lunch in 2023.