Due to a poisonous mushroom meal, an Australian triple murderer was sentenced to life in prison.

Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three people and attempting to kill a fourth by poisoning them with dead mushrooms. She was sentenced to life in prison and a conditional 33-year period of non-liberty.The judgment was delivered by Judge Christopher Beale during a direct dissemination from the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday morning.Following an 11-week trial in July, a court ruled that Patterson, 50, was culpable by the will of Don and Gail Patterson, the parents of his ex-husband Simon Patterson, as well as Simon's sister Heather Wilkinson.. Additionally, the jury found Patterson guilty of attempting to kill Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson.In July 2023, Patterson received an invitation to a dinner where their servant served wellingtons of beef with enduits of mushrooms.

Pasteur Wilkinson expressed his forgiveness to Patterson for attempting to harm the victim by making a statement about the impact on her during a pre-sentencing hearing last month.Both the defense and the prosecution agreed that Patterson should be given a life sentence for her "horrendous" acts, according to Beale. The defense argued that Patterson should be given an opportunity to be released, while the prosecution had demanded that she have no possibility of parole. Colin Mandy SC, Patterson's defense attorney, claimed that Beale should take into account that Patterson's fame put her in difficult circumstances, including spending 22 hours imprisoned in her cell. He claimed that because of her isolation, his client had a far higher "burden of imprisonment" than other inmates. Prosecutor Jane Warren concurred that Beale might take these requirements into account.