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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Australian ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson to get ‘taxpayer-funded’ Ozempic jabs in jail

An Australian woman convicted of murdering three relatives with poisonous mushrooms has been approved for Ozempic weight-loss jabs while in prison, according to reports.

Erin Patterson, the 51-year-old serving life at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne for the triple murder, returned to court last month to overturn her convictions.

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