Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three relatives. The Australian woman is also guilty of trying to kill the fourth by serving their food with deadly mushrooms.
Toxic Wellington Lunch was cooked in her Leongatha house in Victoria. Her sister -in -law, Don and Gail Patterson and Gailina sister Heather died. Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, survived after weeks in the hospital.
The jury submitted a judgment after a 10 -week court and six days of discussion. Patterson claimed it was a mistake and that she chose mushrooms to improve the taste of food.
What happened that day?
29. July 2023 was invited by Erin Patterson for lunch, including her stolen husband Simon. However, Simon canceled at the last minute.
After eating, four guests were seriously ill with vomiting and diarrhea. Gail and Heather died 4 August and Don died a day later. Ian survived after two months of hospital care.
The cause was the mushrooms of death caps that are highly poisonous and damaging the liver. These mushrooms, originally from Europe, were seen at that time near Patterson’s house in Victoria. They can cause liver failure within a few days.
Even a small piece can kill. Cooking or drying will not remove the poison.
During the court proceedings, Ian told the court that Erin Patterson served lunch on four gray guest plates. For herself, however, used another, orange tanska plaque.
Arguments
In the case of Erin Patterson, the prosecutors said they planned “four calculated fraud”. First she pretended to invite the cancer to invite guests. Secondly, I secretly added the going to the beef Wellington. Thirdly, she pretended to be sick. She then tried to hide the truth for the fourth time.
Patterson bought a food dehydator. CCTV shots caught her. But she had her fingerprints and mushroom tracks. It also reset its devices to remove evidence.
Her lawyer said the claim was “ridiculous” and that she had no motive to kill guests. The lawyer has no problems with money, a big home and full care of his children.
However, the prosecutors did not have to prove the motif of crime. He believes that Patterson tried to make poisoning look like an accident. However, the facts showed careful planning and efforts to destroy evidence.
Erin Patterson, previously expressed anger towards his sister -in -law in Facebook reports. In December 2022 she wrote that she was Don and Gail that she did not support her during her marital problems. She expressed frustration with strong words.
Erin was looking for online observation of the mushroom death and visited these places. Her phone showed that she was bought by a food dehydrator on his way back.
Forensic experts found photographs on her phone mushrooms that looked like a death cap for weighing scales.
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