仅事实
澳大利亚女子因蘑菇中毒案被判三重谋杀罪
摘要
埃琳·帕特森被判谋杀三名亲属，她向他们提供了掺有致命毒蝇伞蘑菇的餐食，并被指控多次试图毒害其分居丈夫。
埃琳·帕特森，一名50岁的澳大利亚女子，被判定谋杀其前岳父母唐和盖尔·帕特森及盖尔的妹妹希瑟·威尔金森。她在2023年7月于维多利亚州利昂加萨的家中举办午餐时，向他们提供了一道掺有致命毒蝇伞蘑菇的牛肉威灵顿。希瑟的丈夫伊恩·威尔金森也食用了该餐，但经过长时间住院治疗后幸存下来。
审判期间，有证据显示帕特森在2021年和2022年多次试图毒害其分居丈夫西蒙·帕特森。西蒙作证称，他在食用埃琳准备的餐食后，包括意大利肉酱通心粉、鸡肉咖喱和三明治卷时，身体严重不适。他开始记录症状，指出这些症状均发生在食用她的饭菜后。医疗专家未能确定其疾病的确切原因。
最初，帕特森还面临与这些针对其丈夫的涉嫌谋杀未遂相关的额外指控，但这些指控在审判开始前被撤销，陪审团未被告知此事。判决后，法官解除禁令，允许公开披露这些细节，强调公开司法的原则。
帕特森在整个诉讼过程中一直坚持无罪，声称这些死亡是悲剧性的意外。她目前面临最高终身监禁的刑罚。包括受害者影响陈述的认罪听证会定于2025年8月25日举行。帕特森在判决之日起有28天时间提出上诉，但她尚未表明是否会提出上诉。
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Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old Australian woman, has been convicted of murdering her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them a beef Wellington meal laced with deadly death cap mushrooms.
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The incident occurred during a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, in July 2023.
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Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, also consumed the meal but survived after a prolonged hospitalization.
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During the trial, evidence emerged that Patterson had allegedly attempted to poison her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, on multiple occasions in 2021 and 2022.
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Simon testified that he became seriously ill after consuming meals prepared by Erin, including penne bolognese, chicken curry, and a sandwich wrap.
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Initially, Patterson faced additional charges of attempted murder related to these alleged incidents involving her husband. However, these charges were dropped before the trial commenced, and the jury was not presented with this information.
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Following her conviction, a judge lifted suppression orders, allowing these details to be publicly disclosed, emphasizing the principle of open justice.
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