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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian judge sentences Erin Patterson to life in prison for poisoning relatives with mushrooms

An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.

Justice Christopher Beale told the court the Victoria state Supreme Court Patterson’s crimes involved an enormous betrayal of trust.

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