Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives - by serving them a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.
The 50-year-old - a mother-of-two - invited her former parents-in-law and other relatives to her home for lunch, then fed them the deadly dish.
She was convicted at a Supreme Court trial in Victoria, Australia, after the jury returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial .
On July 29, 2023, she hosted her 70-year-old former parents-in-law , Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's 66-year-old sister, Heather Wilkinson, at her home in the town of Leongatha, a court heard
The Mirror reports a jury found Patterson guilty of murdering Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail'