Australia mushroom murder jury to deliver verdict today

July 6, 2025 11:56 PM EDT

A general view of the front of the Latrobe Valley Law Courts where the Erin Patterson murder trial takes place in Morwell, Australia, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The jury in the trial of an Australian woman who allegedly murdered three elderly relatives of her estranged husband using poisonous mushrooms will deliver its verdict on Monday, the court said in a statement.

Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, along with the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband, in July 2023.

(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Tom Hogue)



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