Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms | Victoria

A jury found Erin Patterson guilty of killing three relatives and trying to kill the fourth with a deadly beef well with lunch almost two years ago.

As the hearing entered the 11th week, Victoria accused Patterson, the jury of the Supreme Court, and accused her killed by her parents Don and Gail Patterson and Aunt Heather Wilkinson. The jury of 12 people found Patterson guilty of trying to kill Ian Wilkinson, his husband Ian Wilkinson, who survived lunch after spending weeks in the hospital.

While reading the decisions, Patterson did not drop his gaze from the jury. He looked forward calmly.

No member of Patterson or Wilkinson families did not join the court for decisions.

In November 2023, the police accused more than three months in 29 July at a deadly lunch at his home in Leongatha in the Gippsland region of Southeast Victoria.

The hearing was diagnosed with Amanita mushroom poisoning, caused by the consumption of poisonous death hats mushrooms.

Gail and Heather died on August 4th. Don died on August 5 the next day. Ian, the priest of the Babburra Baptist Church, healed in September 2023 and was discharged from a rehabilitation ward from the hospital.

Prosecutor Nanette claimed that Patterson had four elderly guests in cancer and invited his home to his home when he needed advice on how to break the news.

Patterson’s alienated husband Simon was also invited to lunch, but he canceled the day before, sent a message and said he felt “very uncomfortable” to participate. The prosecution did not claim to be a reason.

Patterson’s defense lawyer Colin Mandy SC said the hearing was “tragedy and a terrible accident”. He said that his client never intended to harm his guests.

Mandy said that the court panicked Patterson and lied to the police and was overwhelmed after lunch, he never eaten food for mushrooms or had a food founder.

Defense acknowledged that Patterson was not in a dispute that no cancer was diagnosed.

The jury of seven men and five women began negotiations on June 30 and had to unanimously reach decisions in four charges.

Beale, who chaired the hearing in Latrobe Valley Civil Courts in Morwell, made more than one comment on the scope of the extraordinary media during the case.

In the last aspects of the jury, he called on to ignore this scope while taking into account his decisions.

Beale attracted the attention of unprecedented media and excited too much public interpretation, Beale said Beale.

“If any of them has reached your eyes or ears or if they do it during the coming days or during your negotiations, you should pay particular attention not to let them influence you in any way.”

The jury stressed that more than 50 witnesses should not “predict” what the evidence in the case hears, but it can make reasonable consequences to make a decision.

“Before making a guilty decision, prosecution should satisfy you that the accused is guilty of the charges. Erin Patterson does not have to prove anything,” he said.

“It is not enough for the prosecutor’s office to prove that the defendants are probably guilty or guilty. As I told you, it is almost impossible to prove absolute certainty when reconstructing past events, and it does not have to do so.

“A reasonable doubt, imaginary or imaginary doubt or unrealistic possibility.”