Overview

• The jury began deliberations on June 30 and delivered its guilty verdict on July 7.
• Prosecutors showed that Patterson had picked, dried, weighed and added Amanita phalloides to individual Beef Wellington servings at a July 29, 2023 dinner in Leongatha.
• Three guests—her former in–laws Gail and Don Patterson and Heather Wilkinson—died days after the meal while Ian Wilkinson survived after weeks in an induced coma.
• Toxicology reports and witness testimony exposed the deliberate use of death cap mushrooms and a fabricated cancer diagnosis used to lure victims.
• Sentencing has yet to be scheduled and she faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment under Victorian law.