https://www.scmp.com/rss/522951/feed The latest news and top stories on Simon Patterson. He had a central role in the high-profile "mushroom murder" trial, where his former wife, Erin Patterson, was accused of poisoning his parents and aunt. Simon, a father of two, was invited to the fateful lunch but did not attend. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters An Australian woman convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in prison on Monday. The presiding judge said Erin Patterson’s use of individual portions of beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms to poison her in-laws over lunch had a “devastating” impact on the relatives of the deceased. Patterson was found guilty in July of killing her mother-in-law, Gail Patterson,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3324680/australias-mushroom-murderer-sentenced-life-jail-must-serve-least-33-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3324680/australias-mushroom-murderer-sentenced-life-jail-must-serve-least-33-years?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:46:26 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The only guest to survive a toxic mushroom lunch with Australian murderer Erin Patterson said on Monday he felt “half alive” without his wife, who was one of the three victims. Pastor Ian Wilkinson wept in court as he spoke of the loss of his wife, Heather, after she ate a beef Wellington dish laced with death cap mushrooms – the world’s deadliest fungi. Patterson, 50, was convicted last month of serving the poisonous fare to her husband’s parents, aunt and uncle at a sumptuous lunch in her... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323011/sole-survivor-australias-mushroom-murders-tells-court-grief-i-feel-half-alive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323011/sole-survivor-australias-mushroom-murders-tells-court-grief-i-feel-half-alive?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 03:26:45 +0000 Reuters Reuters An Australian woman who murdered three of her in-laws with a meal of toxic mushrooms also allegedly tried to kill her husband using poisoned pasta, a chicken curry and a sandwich wrap, evidence showed on Friday after a judge allowed its disclosure. Last month, a jury found Erin Patterson lured her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, to lunch at her home and poisoned them with servings of beef Wellington that contained death cap... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3321163/australian-mushroom-murderer-tried-poison-husband-pasta-curry-court-heard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3321163/australian-mushroom-murderer-tried-poison-husband-pasta-curry-court-heard?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 02:55:57 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty on Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced at a later date. Patterson, who sat in the dock between two prison officers, showed no emotion but blinked rapidly... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3317192/she-served-them-death-australian-woman-found-guilty-mushroom-murders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3317192/she-served-them-death-australian-woman-found-guilty-mushroom-murders?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:02:02 +0000