GUILTY Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 *Arrest* #17

[HoneyBunOne]

what a strange photo
it doesn't even look like her to me (I know it is tho)

I think time behind bars has aged her. Without access to hair and beauty appointments whenever she liked, her hair has grown longer and is no doubt her natural shade now.

 

[Detechtive]

“Patterson did not stand when the jury left the room.”

All the evidence that brought down triple murderer Erin Patterson

A jury took just seven days to find the mother-of-two did deliberately lace a beef wellington with toxic death cap mushrooms to kill three people and almost murder a fourth.

7news.com.au

Luckily she is going to be behind bars for a very long time, because they would definitely be targets for her now. Her vengeance is insane! (Clearly!).

 

[LadyL]

I wonder if they will look back into her past a bit; she may have flown under the radar until now, but there were purportedly prior attempts on Simon. Perhaps there were others, maybe even possibly successful ones.

Edit: Oops I see Sarahlou beat me to this already, excuse the repeat speculation.

I've been saying this since the beginning. I also think she probably has a history of hurting pets and other animals. I also wonder if there's any odd fires she was connected to.

 

[Anatolian]

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Glad that justice was served. Peace to all of her victims.

 

[Deleted member 363451]

Neither did I until the defence had their go! I thought they did a decent job tbh at sewing doubt.

Well, the jury saw through it.

 

[LinasK]

Agree, it really didn't help their case

Narcissists think that they can snow people. Her answers were such hair-splitting semantic games, and non-truths. She apparently didn't think she'd be convicted either.

 

[drsleuth]

3.17pm

‘Our thoughts are with the respective families’: Victoria Police​

By​

Victoria Police has issued a statement acknowledging the jury’s decision.

“Our thoughts are with the respective families at this time and we acknowledge how difficult these past two years have been for them,” the statement said.

“We will continue to support them in every way possible following this decision.

“We would also like to acknowledge the work of homicide squad detectives over the course of this complex investigation, as well as the significant support received from a number of other areas across Victoria Police.”

3.26pm

‘Erin had no expression, no reaction at all’: Outside court, a town reacts​

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“Erin had no expression, no reaction at all,” said Angela Ely, a member of the public who had attended court during the past five weeks.

Ely had not prepared for the emotion of the verdict: she felt excitement in the line to get into courtroom four, but sadness overwhelmed her when she saw others break down.

Media gather outside court on Monday.Credit: Jason South

“There’s no winners. The kids, it’s so sad,” she said.

Debbie Oldham, from Traralgon, said it would’ve been a shock either way.

Sitting in the court when the verdict was handed down, she said she thought she was guilty in the beginning, but was impressed with the defence response.

“Their closing arguments were impressive and persuasive, got me from thinking guilty to sitting on the fence.”

3.33pm

How the world’s media outlets reported the verdict​

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Erin Patterson’s trial, which concluded almost two years after the fatal lunch, has attracted global interest. Here’s how some of the world’s leading media outlets reported the guilty verdicts:

Reuters: The 10-week trial attracted huge global interest, with media descending on Court 4 at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell, the nearest court to Patterson’s home where she had requested to be tried, despite being warned of lengthy delays. State broadcaster ABC’s daily podcast on proceedings was consistently among the most popular in Australia during the trial, while several documentaries on the case are already in production.

Media await the verdict outside the Latrobe Valley law courts.Credit: Jason South

AP: The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a ... trial that gripped Australia. Patterson will be sentenced at a later date.

The Telegraph, London: One shopkeeper (from Loch near where Patterson foraged for mushrooms), who did not want to be named, sighed. “It’s been very hard to read for a lot of us.” With the trial over, they said, “Everyone can then focus on what matters – that we’ve lost three locals who, by all accounts, were very much loved. In Korumburra Baptist Church, where survivor Ian Wilkinson still takes the weekly Sunday service at 10.30am, a different message awaits visiting media or curious passersby. Matthew 7:15 – Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep from the inside but on the outside they are really like wild wolves.

Go here to read more from our national blog.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Deleted member 363451]

Patterson, he said, was working for Airservices at the same time that a colleague’s food was tampered with, but no evidence could be found to substantiate the suspicion that Patterson was involved.

The colleague, the source said, discovered a blade from a pencil sharpener in a banana.

My God.

 

[HoneyBunOne]

Patterson is their Dad's name ...

It is, but it likely leaves a bad taste in the mouths of those around Leongatha. There should be no shame in it, but there will be stigma. To be fair, changing their names and moving interstate would not be a crazy move for their future.

 

[LadyL]

Patterson found guilty​

The jury have found Patterson guilty of all four charges.

Judge praises the jury​

Justice Christopher Beale has thanked the jury for their service.

“A week or two ago I expressed my heartfelt thanks, I repeat those thanks today,” he said.

“You have been an exceptional jury.

“You have remained in good spirits even though the trial went way longer than believed.”

They have been discharged from jury service for 15 years.

Jury have exited the court​

The jury have left the court after delivering their verdict.

Patterson reacts to verdict​

Patterson did not express any emotion when the verdict was read.

She stared ahead and faced forward, while her defence barrister Colin Mandy leaned back in his chair.

Patterson did not stand when the jury left the room.

7NEWS reporter Estelle Griepink gives details from inside the court room​

7NEWS reporter Estelle Griepink has given details about the atmosphere inside the court room as Patterson’s verdict was read.

“It was a stunning moment being there in the courtroom,” she said.

“I was sitting just about a metre or so away from Erin Patterson as she sat in the dock. And when the jury came in, you really couldn’t tell what they were about to say.

“Some of them looked quite sombre, others seemed to have a little bit more light-heartedness to them, but they handed down those verdicts, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty and Erin Patterson - I got a good look at her as they read out each of those charges - She didn’t show much reaction.

“She just stared straight ahead and she was nodding, but she didn’t have tears. She didn’t have an outburst. So it was a very interesting moment to be a part of.”

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All the evidence that brought down triple murderer Erin Patterson

A jury took just seven days to find the mother-of-two did deliberately lace a beef wellington with toxic death cap mushrooms to kill three people and almost murder a fourth.

7news.com.au

she was nodding because subconsciously she knew they were right JMO

 

[MaxDecimus13]

Narcissists think that they can snow people. Her answers were such hair-splitting semantic games, and non-truths. She apparently didn't think she'd be convicted either.

It feels like a lifetime ago, but her taking the stand was truly a disastrous decision on her part.

Not only did she get herself caught up in lies, but she just came across as pedantic and like she was trying to answer carefully rather than truthfully.

 

[Susjay]

3.17pm

‘Our thoughts are with the respective families’: Victoria Police​

By​

Victoria Police has issued a statement acknowledging the jury’s decision.

“Our thoughts are with the respective families at this time and we acknowledge how difficult these past two years have been for them,” the statement said.

“We will continue to support them in every way possible following this decision.

“We would also like to acknowledge the work of homicide squad detectives over the course of this complex investigation, as well as the significant support received from a number of other areas across Victoria Police.”

3.26pm

‘Erin had no expression, no reaction at all’: Outside court, a town reacts​

By​

“Erin had no expression, no reaction at all,” said Angela Ely, a member of the public who had attended court during the past five weeks.

Ely had not prepared for the emotion of the verdict: she felt excitement in the line to get into courtroom four, but sadness overwhelmed her when she saw others break down.

Media gather outside court on Monday.Credit: Jason South

“There’s no winners. The kids, it’s so sad,” she said.

Debbie Oldham, from Traralgon, said it would’ve been a shock either way.

Sitting in the court when the verdict was handed down, she said she thought she was guilty in the beginning, but was impressed with the defence response.

“Their closing arguments were impressive and persuasive, got me from thinking guilty to sitting on the fence.”

3.33pm

How the world’s media outlets reported the verdict​

By​

Erin Patterson’s trial, which concluded almost two years after the fatal lunch, has attracted global interest. Here’s how some of the world’s leading media outlets reported the guilty verdicts:

Reuters: The 10-week trial attracted huge global interest, with media descending on Court 4 at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell, the nearest court to Patterson’s home where she had requested to be tried, despite being warned of lengthy delays. State broadcaster ABC’s daily podcast on proceedings was consistently among the most popular in Australia during the trial, while several documentaries on the case are already in production.

Media await the verdict outside the Latrobe Valley law courts.Credit: Jason South

AP: The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a ... trial that gripped Australia. Patterson will be sentenced at a later date.

The Telegraph, London: One shopkeeper (from Loch near where Patterson foraged for mushrooms), who did not want to be named, sighed. “It’s been very hard to read for a lot of us.” With the trial over, they said, “Everyone can then focus on what matters – that we’ve lost three locals who, by all accounts, were very much loved. In Korumburra Baptist Church, where survivor Ian Wilkinson still takes the weekly Sunday service at 10.30am, a different message awaits visiting media or curious passersby. Matthew 7:15 – Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep from the inside but on the outside they are really like wild wolves.

Go here to read more from our national blog.

Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court

After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.

www.theage.com.au

The BBC breaking news clip in this is worth a watch.
ABC interviewed retired Judge - he was fantastic in praising prosec and jury.

 

[drsleuth]

Australia | The Nightly

Never before seen photos of Erin Patterson have been released, depicting the convicted triple murderer in the back of a prison transport vehicle.

thenightly.com.au

12 minutes ago - 03:27 PMMax Corstorphan

Victoria Police react to Erin Patterson guilty verdict​

After Erin Patterson was found guilty of the murder of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Victoria Police acknowledged the outcome.

“Our thoughts are with the respective families at this time and we acknowledge how difficult these past two years have been for them,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

“We will continue to support them in every way possible following this decision.

“We would also like to acknowledge the work of homicide squad detectives over the course of this complex investigation, as well as the significant support received from a number of other areas across Victoria Police.”

Police said that the Patterson and Wilkinson families would not be providing a statement through police at this time, instead asking for privacy.


7 minutes ago - 03:32 PMMax Corstorphan

Where Patterson will be taken now she has been found guilty​

Erin Patterson will soon be taken from the Victorian Supreme Court in Morwell to the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Ravenhall.

The maximum-security women’s only correctional facility is where Patterson has been since November 2023.

The facility is located around 200km away from the Morwell court where Patterson was found guilty of murder and attempted murder.

It can now be revealed that throughout the trial, Patterson would be brought from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on Monday mornings and not return until Friday afternoons.

During the week, Patterson slept in police cells adjoining the court precinct in Morwell.

Erin Patterson guilty on all charges

LIVE UPDATES: A jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of the murder of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson at a fatal beef Wellington lunch.

thenightly.com.au

Some videos in link

 

[Deleted member 363451]

I am quite certain that if she were found not guilty, she would continue with the poisoning, hoping to eventually get Simon and anyone else she didn't like

Thank god for today's guilty verdict

. She's an evil, dangerous serial offender.

 

[ch_13]

Neither did I until the defence had their go! I thought they did a decent job tbh at sewing doubt.

To believe the defense's version of events, you'd have to accept that Erin suffered the most improbable set of coincidences ever. She somehow managed to be the sole unaffected person at the lunch yet all the circumstances made her appear incredibly guilty.

 

[Deleted member 363451]

I'd like to think so, but if it were me, I'd want to watch her face first hand and stare her down. But then again, I'm not a nice Christian.

I wonder if he was able to watch a live stream somehow? Obviously not with the children in the same room, but to see and hear what happened, and perhaps to compose himself before telling the kids.

I never got that chance to with my brother's murderer. I desperately wanted to...

 

[Trooper]

It was such a feminine murder..... either it was Erin, or it was some other woman... The gathering of the mushrooms, the recipe hunting to incorporate mushrooms into a meal for guests . the preparation , drying the mushrooms , the rolling out of the puff pastry , folding the mushrooms around the fillet steak..... setting the table, sending out the invitations, choosing the plates, serving it up ..... waiting for the effect to take place ( I have no doubt she waiting for the call to say her chosen victims were ill ) no bloke would be bothered, he'd just hit them over the head ..

A correct verdict, and because she pled not guilty , she gets no discount on her sentence.. Pleading guilty gets you a 15% discount.. Erin gambled on her belief that she was terrifically persuasive, she'd probably believed this all her ridiculous life.

 

[Sarahlou]

Not surprising..

Honestly what a nightmare she will be in prison. Everyone will have to be so wary of her. Prison guards included.

 

[Penny68]

Justice has thankfully been done. Erin now knows her evil actions, lies, deceit etc has been seen through. She is a murderer 100%.
Thank you to the Jury for taking their time and delivering their guilty verdict.

 

[Deleted member 363451]

Channel 7 News are hoping to show Erin Patterson being led to the police van.