Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why
- Written by Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
After seven weeks of evidence, six days of summing up, and six and a half days of jury deliberation in the Victorian Supreme Court sitting in Morwell, Victoria, the verdict is finally in. Erin Patterson murdered her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson.
She was also found...













