Who is Erin Patterson, the ‘mushroom killer’ whose trial has begun in Australia?

Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old woman from Australia, has been accused of turning an ordinary family lunch into a deadly affair after she served a dish laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms that killed three of her former in-laws and left a fourth relative fighting for life. While Patterson has pleaded not guilty, the case has become one of the most closely-watched criminal trials in Australia. Here's what happened

Who is Erin Patterson, the ‘mushroom killer’ whose trial has begun in Australia?
Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old woman from Australia, has been accused of turning an ordinary family lunch into a deadly affair after she served a dish laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms that killed three of her former in-laws and left a fourth relative fighting for life. While Patterson has pleaded not guilty, the case has become one of the most closely-watched criminal trials in Australia. Here's what happened