Erin Patterson remained composed as a jury decided whether a poisoned beef Wellington lunch she cooked was a deliberate and callous act of murder, or a tragic accident.

In a matter of minutes, a tension built over weeks of legal arguments and disputed versions of what happened the day Erin Patterson hosted her in-laws for lunch was resolved.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!A woman who poisoned four family members, killing three of them, is facing life in ...

Erin Patterson looks much like you’d expect any middle-aged Australian woman to – brown hair, glasses, unremarkable clothes. As University of Sydney criminologist Dr Helen Easton pointed out, “she ...

Criminal experts have described mushroom killer Erin Patterson as a ‘formidable witness’ who ‘knew what she was doing’.