The Australian woman who murdered her in-laws with poisoned beef Wellingtons was also accused of a calculated campaign to kill her estranged husband with poisoned curries, sandwiches and biscuits.

Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty in July of murdering her husband’s parents and elderly aunt in 2023 by lacing their lunch with lethal deathcap mushrooms .

Prosecutors initially sought to present evidence that she may have laced rat poison into a meal prepared for Simon Patterson, the father of her two children.

Simon had also discussed with his doctor the possibility that radiator antifreeze had been added to biscuits his ex-wife had baked for him in February 2023, five months before his parents and aunt died at Patterson’s home in Leongatha, south-east of Melbourne.

Police initially

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