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Episode: Inside the courtroom for Erin Patterson's guilty verdict
Description: Erin Patterson has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, after serving her estranged ex-husbandβs family beef wellington, which contained death cap mushrooms. Erin Patterson said the addition of death cap mushrooms to the dish was a tragic accident, and maintained her innocence throughout the trial. But after deliberating for a week, the 12 person jury reached a unanimous verdict yesterday. Sarah Krasnostein is an award-winning writer and legal scholar. She has spent the last six weeks traveling to Morwell to be in the courtroom as the case wa...