Legal expert anticipates a life sentence for Australian triple-murderer but her legal team has 28 days to decide if they are going to appeal

• Full report: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives

• Five key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin Patterson

After almost 11 weeks, a jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by lacing a beef wellington lunch with poisonous mushrooms.

The guilty verdict read out in the Morwell court on Monday was swift. Yes, they said, guilty of murdering Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson. Yes, they said – to the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, the pastor who had lost his wife.

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