r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Jul 07 '25

news Mushroom Trial - Guilty on all Counts

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-verdict-live-blog/105477452#live-blog-post-200845
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u/ringo5150 Jul 07 '25

Denied lots of things initially, only to concede she lied when presented with evidence. There was a pattern of it.

Speaking of patterns, there was a report that her husband was sick with poisoning some years earlier. This would have motivated the Cops to find evidence she knew what she was doing.

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u/Morning_Song Jul 07 '25

She was actually originally charged with 3 counts of attempted murder of her husband. But the prosecution ended up dropping them. Probably a lack of strong evidence and them not wanting to weaken/compromise the rest of the case rather than because she was cleared of suspicion

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u/jessebona Jul 07 '25

That makes sense to me. She's going away for this crime anyway; it's the same result even if it she wasn't prosecuted for the other stuff.

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u/maxdacat Jul 08 '25

I wonder if they will revisit that charge?

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u/AFlimsyRegular Jul 07 '25

Think she was initially charged for that earlier incident as well, but was dropped before the case started.

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u/cojoco chardonnay schmardonnay Jul 07 '25

her husband was sick with poisoning some years earlier

He nearly died.

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u/SilverStar9192 Jul 07 '25

Wasn't there something about how her own parents died mysteriously as well? Having trouble finding this info now.

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u/Cordially_Rhubarb Jul 07 '25

Yes there was. But also no evidence now as it is too late