Erin Patterson's conviction for the deaths by poisoning of her estranged husband's relatives has prompted fevered speculation across Australia about her motive.

The 50-year-old's in-laws died in 2023 after eating beef Wellingtons prepared by Patterson - they were later found to contain toxic mushrooms.

Australian woman Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a meal laced with deadly death-cap mushrooms. The meal, a beef Wellington served at her home in Leongatha,