"Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years after murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth with a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms. Justice Christopher Beale delivered the sentence during a live broadcast in the Victorian supreme court on Monday morning. In July, after an 11-week trial, a jury found Patterson, 50, guilty of murdering Don and Gail Patterson the parents of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson and Simon's aunt, Heather Wilkinson."
"Now I am no longer Erin Patterson's victim, and she has become the victim of my kindness, he said. Sign up: AU Breaking News email But Wilkinson said he was compelled to seek justice for the three murder victims. He said he bore Patterson no ill will and his prayer for her was that she would use her time in custody to reform."
Erin Patterson received life imprisonment with a 33-year non-parole period for poisoning a lunch with death cap mushrooms that killed three people and injured a fourth. A jury convicted Patterson after an 11-week trial of murdering Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and of attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson. Justice Christopher Beale imposed the sentence during a live broadcast in the Victorian Supreme Court. Patterson served beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms to her estranged husband’s parents and his aunt and uncle in July 2023. Victim impact statements included Heather Wilkinson’s forgiveness and Simon Patterson’s concern that their two children lost a relationship with their mother. Victoria Police searched Patterson’s home and investigated following hospital admissions and subsequent deaths.
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