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Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that shocked Australia.

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The exterior of the Leongatha home where Erin Patterson allegedly served up four death cap mushroom-laced beef wellingtons in Leongatha, Australia, is photographed on April 28, 2025.

The individual beef Wellington pastries Patterson served her guests were one point of friction because the recipe she used contained directions for a single, family-sized portion.

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.

It is undisputed that she served them individual portions of home-made beef Wellington, a steak dish wrapped in pastry, usually with a paste of finely chopped mushrooms.

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.