Australian woman convicted of three murders over poisonous mushrooms

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murder (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Australian woman Erin Patterson was on Monday found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.

The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced at a later date.