Ammon News - The jury in the trial of an Australian woman accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt by serving them poisonous mushrooms has begun deliberations.

Mother-of-two Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the 2023 murders of her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, along with the attempted murder of Reverend Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband.

The prosecution alleges she served guests beef wellington knowing it contained deadly death cap mushrooms, also known as Amanita phalloides.

The jury began deliberations on Monday after an intense nine-week trial at the Supreme Court of Victoria in which Patterson appeared in the witness box, as did the sole survivor of the alleged poisoning.

Patterson's daughter, according to ABC, told the court that her mother organised a trip to the cinema for her and her brother in advance of the lunch. Sky News