
A suburban Australian mother is on trial for allegedly using death cap mushrooms to poison three of her estranged husband’s relatives over a home cooked supper, causing their deaths.
The Victoria state Supreme Court’s case against Erin Patterson began recently and is anticipated to take about six weeks to complete.
At a July 2023 lunch at her home in Leongatha,about 85 miles from Melbourne, Patterson, 50, is accused of giving her guests a beef Wellington dish that contained death cap mushrooms, which are among the most deadly in the world.