Tragic Mushrooms...
Warren Brown
10 July 2025
It was the trial that made headlines around the world. Erin Patterson was convicted of murdering her parents-in-law and an aunt by serving them beef Wellington spiked with death cap mushrooms in the small town of Leongatha, Victoria, in 2023. Patterson was sentenced to life in prison.
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