💥 Deadly Dinner? Woman on Trial After Beef Wellington Allegedly Laced with Poisonous Mushrooms 💀
💥 Deadly Dinner? Woman on Trial After Beef Wellington Allegedly Laced with Poisonous Mushrooms 💀
A quiet lunch turned into a triple tragedy — and now, a woman is on trial for her life. Could a homemade Beef Wellington really have been the murder weapon?
Erin Patterson, 50, is facing the Australian justice system after allegedly serving a deadly meal that killed three of her ex-husband’s relatives and hospitalized a fourth. The dish? A Beef Wellington, now suspected of being laced with death cap mushrooms — one of the world’s deadliest fungi.
Prosecutors say Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Heather Wilkinson, 66, died from the poisoned meal. Reverend Ian Wilkinson, who also ate the dish, barely survived after seven weeks in hospital.
📍 The lunch, served in the small town of Leongatha, shocked the nation back in July 2023. While Patterson claims she ate the meal herself and became ill too, police say the symptoms of all four victims matched Amanita phalloides poisoning — the so-called "death cap" mushroom.
Patterson has pleaded not guilty. But the trial has begun in Victoria, with chilling courtroom details already emerging.
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👩⚖️ The trial is expected to last up to six weeks. If convicted, Patterson could face life in prison.
As families mourn and the public watches in disbelief, one question remains: Was it a tragic mistake — or premeditated murder hidden in plain sight?
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