An Australian woman was convicted on Monday of killing three people by serving them a meal laced with toxic mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country.

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three murder charges, and one of attempted murder, over a beef Wellington lunch at her home in July 2023.

An innocuous-looking mushroom with a sweet smell and a sinister name lay at the centre of Australian Erin Patterson's triple-murder conviction on Monday.Patterson was found guilty of killing her husband's parents and aunt in 2023 -- and attempting to kill a fourth guest -- by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with highly toxic death cap mushrooms.