July 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Erin Patterson has spent her first night behind bars as a convicted killer after being found guilty on all charges in the mushroom murder case that captivated Australia and the world.
Volcanic ash is causing chaos for Australians travelling to and from Bali after another eruption from Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki.
It was lucky no one was seriously injured when a bus collided with a car in Newcastle's west.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Aaron Patterson has spent her first night behind bars as
a convicted killer after being found guilty on all charges
in the mushroom murder case that's captivated Australia and the world.
The jury persuaded that Patterson is not only a liar,
but a calculated killer who deliberately served up a lunch
laced with death cap mushrooms. We've been given access to
(00:25):
new pictures at the end of the trial, including these
shots at Patterson in the back of a prison van
and the beef Wellington that killed three people and almost
killed a fourth. Patterson now waits sentencing and is likely
to spend the rest of her life behind bars. Beyond
the headlines and the drama of the trial, Aaron Patterson
(00:45):
leaves behind her trail of sorrow and grief. Her community
and only surviving victim were all grappling with the crime
that's left a deep scar on their lives.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Six hundred and thirteen days since police arrested Erin Pattison,
she arrived at court in custody today, left as a
convicted killer facing a life behind bars.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
No reaction at all when they read out the charges.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's almost like she expected it or she was prepared
for it.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I think she was prepared for it.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Her estranged husband refusing to respond to the jury's judgment
that the mother of his two children murdered his parents,
rushing away from his corn Borough home and out of
the spotlights. Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor who for nine
weeks sat in court and stared at the woman who
(01:37):
killed his wife and brother and sister in law, even
taking the stand to explain what happened when murder was
served as the main meal. He didn't attend the chaos
at court today, warning those wanting to hear his response
to stay away.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
It's wild that something like this has happened, you know,
like super close to home and a little bit yes scare.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Police were patrolling Aaron Patterson's Lee and Gatha home after
today's bombshell verdict, where she served the poison wrapped in pastry.
Neighbors were nervously watching and waiting to learn if the
killer cook would return.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think we were very surprised that it came through
was guilty. I think we forget that these are real
people that have lost their families.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Pattison supporters were so confident she would be found not guilty.
The day before deliberations, they put up these privacy screens,
thinking the mother of two could and would return to
normal life. Instead, she made headlines across the globe, from Asia,
the US, and the UK. The world now knows Erin
(02:41):
Patterson is a mass murderer, and tonight we can show
you what happened in the days after the deadly meal,
when all four guests sat at this dining table while
her relatives were dying in hospital. She pretended to be sick,
but discharged herself from the hospital against medical advice, leaving
(03:01):
staff scrambling to find answers about what happened at that lunch.
This doctor taking photos of the leftovers one of the
first clues in this callous crime, and the first time
we've actually seen the meal laced with poisonous mushrooms. And
this the infamous nine second toilet stop at a service station,
(03:22):
a time the mother of two claimed she had diarrhea,
another lie the jury saw straight through.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I don't envy the jury.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I think they've had an incredibly difficult task.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
They will be.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Feeling that weight of whatever decision that they have reached,
and they will be absolutely exhausted.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
The verdicts, bringing eighteen months of mystery in the tiny
town of Corumborough to an end. Residents now knowing the
three people who were at the heart of their community
died at the hands of a woman who claimed she
was a devoted daughter in law but is instead a
deceitful killer.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Volcan of cash is causing chaos for Australians traveling to
and from Bali after another eruption from Indonesia's mountin Level
Tooby Lucky Lucky. Multiple international flights have been canceled or
delayed for the second time in as many months. The
eruption produced a column of ash and smoke eighteen kilometers tall.
Passengers are being advised to keep an eye on updates
(04:18):
from their airlines. Another interest rate cut is on the
cards today, with a reserve bank looking to boost household
spending after two cuts already this year. Homeowners should be
seeing savings, but if you're not, there are seven words
to make your bank budge.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Amy Miller has been paying off her home loan for
more than a decade and we've probably got another fifteen
years to paid off. One of three million Australians with
a mortgage banking on an interest rate cut tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I'm hoping to have a cut.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Of course, probably everyone is helping for it cut.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
The RBA is poised to cut by twenty five basis points,
bringing the cash rate down to three point six percent.
Saving borrower is seventy six dollars a month on a
five hundred thousand dollars loan. Together with cuts from February
and May, the monthly savings could total two hundred and
thirty dollars.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
The banks have stepped up so far and passed on
these cuts in full.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
But that doesn't mean you're automatically getting the best deal.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Banks are willing to play ball, but for only customers
that engage in the sport.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
And there are seven magic words that could score you
a win.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I've got another offer, please match it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
After the May interest rate card, only one in ten
Commonwealth Bank customers chose to lower their repayments. The higher
the amount, the more time is shaped off the mortgage.
We did get a letter from our bank saying that
our Homeland repayments had gone down, so that was nice.
Hoping that letter won't be the last. Georgia Holland seven News.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Quantas has revealed it's been contacted by a cyber criminal
potentially responsible for the hack that's compromised the data of
six million of its customers. Names, email addresses and phone
numbers were among the stock and information. The airline says
federal police are involved trying to confirm the hacker's identity.
Quantus insists there's no evidence credit card details or passport
(06:10):
information has been stolen. In breaking news this morning, a
water mains burst at home Bush in Sydney's Inner West,
which is likely to cause significant delays on busy Paramatta
Road this morning. Workers had been using an excavator at
a construction site when they ruptured the main. It has
caused water to gush into the air and damage the
road's surface. We'll have a live report on this shortly.
(06:33):
It was lucky no one was seriously injured when a
bus collided with a car in Newcastle's West. It happened
at Wall's End last night, the bus veering off the road,
striking a concrete wall. The driver was taken to hospital
in a stable condition. It's unclear how many people were
on board the bus at the time.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Quick check of.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Tuesday's whether nowur Brisbane's sunny heading for twenty two degrees
mostly cloudy. In Sydney eighteen windy and Camera with the
top of thirteen and they showering and fourteen degrees Hobart
to Lake Show also thirteen degrees, windy with rain and
Adelaide heading for sixteen bindy with showers. In Perth nineteen
Darwin mossy, sunny a top of thirty two
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Aaron Patterson has spent her first night behind bars as
a convicted killer after being found guilty on all charges
in the mushroom murder case that's captivated Australia and the world.
The jury persuaded that Patterson is not only a liar,
but a calculated killer who deliberately served up a lunch
laced with death cap mushrooms. We've been given access to
(00:25):
new pictures at the end of the trial, including these
shots at Patterson in the back of a prison van
and the beef Wellington that killed three people and almost
killed a fourth. Patterson now waits sentencing and is likely
to spend the rest of her life behind bars. Beyond
the headlines and the drama of the trial, Aaron Patterson
(00:45):
leaves behind her trail of sorrow and grief. Her community
and only surviving victim were all grappling with the crime
that's left a deep scar on their lives.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Six hundred and thirteen days since police arrested Erin Pattison,
she arrived at court in custody today, left as a
convicted killer facing a life behind bars.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
No reaction at all when they read out the charges.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's almost like she expected it or she was prepared
for it.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I think she was prepared for it.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Her estranged husband refusing to respond to the jury's judgment
that the mother of his two children murdered his parents,
rushing away from his corn Borough home and out of
the spotlights. Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor who for nine
weeks sat in court and stared at the woman who
(01:37):
killed his wife and brother and sister in law, even
taking the stand to explain what happened when murder was
served as the main meal. He didn't attend the chaos
at court today, warning those wanting to hear his response
to stay away.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
It's wild that something like this has happened, you know,
like super close to home and a little bit yes scare.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Police were patrolling Aaron Patterson's Lee and Gatha home after
today's bombshell verdict, where she served the poison wrapped in pastry.
Neighbors were nervously watching and waiting to learn if the
killer cook would return.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think we were very surprised that it came through
was guilty. I think we forget that these are real
people that have lost their families.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Pattison supporters were so confident she would be found not guilty.
The day before deliberations, they put up these privacy screens,
thinking the mother of two could and would return to
normal life. Instead, she made headlines across the globe, from Asia,
the US, and the UK. The world now knows Erin
(02:41):
Patterson is a mass murderer, and tonight we can show
you what happened in the days after the deadly meal,
when all four guests sat at this dining table while
her relatives were dying in hospital. She pretended to be sick,
but discharged herself from the hospital against medical advice, leaving
(03:01):
staff scrambling to find answers about what happened at that lunch.
This doctor taking photos of the leftovers one of the
first clues in this callous crime, and the first time
we've actually seen the meal laced with poisonous mushrooms. And
this the infamous nine second toilet stop at a service station,
(03:22):
a time the mother of two claimed she had diarrhea,
another lie the jury saw straight through.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I don't envy the jury.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I think they've had an incredibly difficult task.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
They will be.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Feeling that weight of whatever decision that they have reached,
and they will be absolutely exhausted.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
The verdicts, bringing eighteen months of mystery in the tiny
town of Corumborough to an end. Residents now knowing the
three people who were at the heart of their community
died at the hands of a woman who claimed she
was a devoted daughter in law but is instead a
deceitful killer.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Volcan of cash is causing chaos for Australians traveling to
and from Bali after another eruption from Indonesia's mountin Level
Tooby Lucky Lucky. Multiple international flights have been canceled or
delayed for the second time in as many months. The
eruption produced a column of ash and smoke eighteen kilometers tall.
Passengers are being advised to keep an eye on updates
(04:18):
from their airlines. Another interest rate cut is on the
cards today, with a reserve bank looking to boost household
spending after two cuts already this year. Homeowners should be
seeing savings, but if you're not, there are seven words
to make your bank budge.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Amy Miller has been paying off her home loan for
more than a decade and we've probably got another fifteen
years to paid off. One of three million Australians with
a mortgage banking on an interest rate cut tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I'm hoping to have a cut.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Of course, probably everyone is helping for it cut.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
The RBA is poised to cut by twenty five basis points,
bringing the cash rate down to three point six percent.
Saving borrower is seventy six dollars a month on a
five hundred thousand dollars loan. Together with cuts from February
and May, the monthly savings could total two hundred and
thirty dollars.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
The banks have stepped up so far and passed on
these cuts in full.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
But that doesn't mean you're automatically getting the best deal.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Banks are willing to play ball, but for only customers
that engage in the sport.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
And there are seven magic words that could score you
a win.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I've got another offer, please match it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
After the May interest rate card, only one in ten
Commonwealth Bank customers chose to lower their repayments. The higher
the amount, the more time is shaped off the mortgage.
We did get a letter from our bank saying that
our Homeland repayments had gone down, so that was nice.
Hoping that letter won't be the last. Georgia Holland seven News.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Quantas has revealed it's been contacted by a cyber criminal
potentially responsible for the hack that's compromised the data of
six million of its customers. Names, email addresses and phone
numbers were among the stock and information. The airline says
federal police are involved trying to confirm the hacker's identity.
Quantus insists there's no evidence credit card details or passport
(06:10):
information has been stolen. In breaking news this morning, a
water mains burst at home Bush in Sydney's Inner West,
which is likely to cause significant delays on busy Paramatta
Road this morning. Workers had been using an excavator at
a construction site when they ruptured the main. It has
caused water to gush into the air and damage the
road's surface. We'll have a live report on this shortly.
(06:33):
It was lucky no one was seriously injured when a
bus collided with a car in Newcastle's West. It happened
at Wall's End last night, the bus veering off the road,
striking a concrete wall. The driver was taken to hospital
in a stable condition. It's unclear how many people were
on board the bus at the time.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Quick check of.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Tuesday's whether nowur Brisbane's sunny heading for twenty two degrees
mostly cloudy. In Sydney eighteen windy and Camera with the
top of thirteen and they showering and fourteen degrees Hobart
to Lake Show also thirteen degrees, windy with rain and
Adelaide heading for sixteen bindy with showers. In Perth nineteen
Darwin mossy, sunny a top of thirty two
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