Erin Patterson from Australia is at the centre of a shocking case that has caught everyone's attention. She was found guilty of murdering three of her family members and attempting to murder a fourth after serving them a homemade meal laced with deadly mushrooms.

An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country.

Erin Patterson, 50, claimed it was a tragic accident, but a jury believed that she had meant to serve her extended family a poisoned lunch.