Erin Patterson trial: Jury reaches verdict in mushroom poisoning case

Mushroom murder trial verdict: Erin Patterson found guilty of three counts of murder — as it happened. The jury has reached a verdict in Erin Patterson's murder trial, finding her guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

A jury in Australia on Monday found a woman guilty of murdering her estranged husband's parents and aunt using poisonous mushroom-laced beef Wellington, its verdict capping weeks of courtroom depositions in a case that has gripped the country and made headlines worldwide.

But prosecutors told the court the preparation of the duxelles was one of the final steps in a plot to murder four people with death cap mushrooms. Later that morning, Erin dropped her nine-year-old daughter, 14-year-old son and his friend off at the Leongatha McDonald's.