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A jury has found Erin Patterson deliberately murdered her lunch guests by feeding them a beef wellington laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
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GUILTY: Erin Patterson murdered lunch guests with mushrooms
A jury has found Erin Patterson deliberately murdered her lunch guests by feeding them a beef wellington laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
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GUILTY: Erin Patterson murdered lunch guests with mushrooms
A jury has found Erin Patterson deliberately murdered her lunch guests by feeding them a beef wellington laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.
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The evidence that brought down the mushroom cook murderer
As Erin Patterson was peppered with questions about the beef wellington meal that killed three people, she had an answer for everything. But these are the damning pieces of evidenc...
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