The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia.

An alleged murderer testifying as a witness in their own defence is a rare strategy and normally a last resort.

For 10 weeks, reporter Jarrod Whittaker witnessed the town of Morwell swell with media, money, and relentless curiosity, and from inside the courtroom he had a clear view of Erin Patterson as the jury delivered its verdict in the mushroom murder trial's final,