After eight weeks, the jury in Australia’s most high-profile trial in decades, is set to deliberate, and return a verdict.

By now, most will be familiar with the tale - Victorian woman Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington lunch. Heather’s husband, Ian, also ate the lunch but survived after weeks in hospital.

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder. Soon, we will know whether Patterson faces a life behind bars, or walks free.

Today, crime reporter Marta Pascual Juanola, who’s been following this case since the very beginning, on the trial of Erin Patterson.

After eight weeks, the jury in Australia&rsquo;s most high-profile trial in decades, is set to deliberate, and return a verdict.
By now, most will be familiar with the tale - Victorian woman Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail&rsquo;s sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them poisonous mushrooms in a beef Wellington lunch. Heather&rsquo;s husband, Ian, also ate the lunch but survived after weeks in hospital.
Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder.&nbsp;Soon, we will know whether Patterson faces a life behind bars, or walks free.
Today, crime reporter Marta Pascual Juanola, who&rsquo;s been following this case since the very beginning, on the trial of Erin Patterson.

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Murder or terrible accident? Mushroom cook's fate in hands of jury

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