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.

Erin Patterson, 50, claimed it was a tragic accident, but a jury believed that she had meant to serve her extended family a poisoned lunch.

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives, who died after she deliberately served them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.