US EditionAustralian judge sentences Erin Patterson to life in prison for poisoning relatives with mushrooms
Erin Patterson received three life sentences plus 25 years for attempted murder after deliberately poisoning relatives with death cap mushrooms in a meticulously planned attack.
- An Australian judge sentenced Erin Patterson to life in prison for murdering three relatives with poisoned food, with a non-parole period of 33 years.
- Patterson was found guilty of murdering Don Patterson, Gail Patterson, and Heather Wilkinson, and attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson after they ate a lunch containing toxic mushrooms.
- Justice Christopher Beale highlighted the 'enormous betrayal of trust' involved in Patterson's actions and noted her lack of remorse.
- Patterson can appeal her conviction or sentence until October 6, 2025.
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The Supreme Court of Victoria sentenced Erin Paterson (50) to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 33 years in prison without the right to parole, for the murder of three close relatives of her husband, with whom she had a tense relationship and separate life for years, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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444.huAustralia's High Court has sentenced Erin Patterson, who served a lunch of poisonous mushrooms and killed three family members in July 2023, to life in prison. Patterson, 50, will be eligible for parole after serving 33 years, when
The Australian woman convicted of a triple murder at a family meal during which she served a Wellington beef to the phalloid amanites, was sentenced to life imprisonment this Monday.
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