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

The verdict in Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial will be coming up in minutes. The mother-of-two is accused of killing her in-laws and another relative after serving them toxic death cap mushrooms in 2023.

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.