The high-profile case of the so-called Death Cap Mushroom Cook is likely to remain a topic of conversation across Australia for years to come. It is no surprise that on Tuesday — the day after the guilty verdict was delivered by the court in Victoria — media websites,

Three of Erin Patterson’s lunch guests died after she served a 2023 meal of beef Wellington pastries containing death cap mushrooms.

Erin Patterson, 50, was charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, along with the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband.