Overview

• A jury in Victoria’s Supreme Court convicted Erin Patterson on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder for deliberately adding death cap mushrooms to a family beef Wellington in July 2023.
• She will face a mandatory life sentence when she returns for a pre-sentencing hearing later this year.
• Released this week, CCTV footage shows Patterson discarding contaminated dishes and a food dehydrator used to prepare the toxic mushrooms.
• Dr. Chris Webster, whose hospital testimony helped secure the verdict, now confronts formal complaints and a potential medical board investigation over his post-trial media comments.
• Forensic toxicologists and ICU director Dr. Stephen Warrillow described the victims’ identical multi-organ failure, reinforcing the finding that death cap toxins were deliberately administered.