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Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three family members with a poisoned beef Wellington. The jury didn't buy her 'I just wanted to impress' defense.

💋 LOLA REPORTS: “She Baked, They Died, Court’s Convinced It Wasn’t Just Bad Cooking” Ladies and gentlemen, the verdict is in—and Erin Patterson’s now officially Australia’s most cursed home cook.

The Victorian woman behind the infamous beef Wellington that killed three relatives has been found guilty of murder, ending a true-crime saga so surreal it made even Dateline blush.

Let’s recap, shall we?

In July 2023, Erin invited her ex-husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson over for a nice family lunch in Leongatha.

On the menu: beef Wellington allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms.

By dessert, three were dead and a fourth, Ian Wilkinson, barely survived.

The lunch was fatal. The motive?

According to the prosecution—inheritance, revenge, or maybe just unchecked chaos energy.

For months, Erin maintained her innocence. Claimed it was a tragic accident.

Cried on camera.

Swore she bought the mushrooms from an “Asian grocer” like that was supposed to explain everything.

But the jury saw through the tears—and the chicken stock.

After a four-week trial and mountains of forensic evidence (including a food dehydrator she conveniently dumped at the tip), they weren’t buying the domestic goddess act.

This case gripped the nation not because it was some high-level whodunnit, but because it was a lunchtime horror show that sounded like a Knives Out prequel.

And because—let’s be honest—it hits differently when a quiet, middle-class mum from regional Victoria turns into the prime suspect in a mushroom massacre.

The public was obsessed. TikTok sleuths had theories. True crime podcasts had field days.

And the media? Oh, they feasted.

But what stayed consistent was one glaring truth: the victims were kind, community-minded people.

And Erin?

Was oddly vague, deeply unbothered, and a little too fond of wiping her eyes while saying “no comment.” Now she’s looking at life in prison.

And sure, some tabloids will still ask, “Did she mean to do it?” But the court says yes.

And the families she destroyed?

They deserve more than clickbait and speculation—they deserve peace.

Let this be a lesson: if your ex’s parents come over for lunch, maybe stick to something simple.

Like sandwiches. And if your beef Wellington could send people to the morgue?

You're not misunderstood—you’re just toxic. Literally.

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