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Tara Cosoleto

Crown push for life without parole for mushroom killer

Prosecutors argue Erin Patterson should not set foot outside a prison ever again. (Anita Lester/AAP PHOTOS)

Triple murderer Erin Patterson's cruel betrayal of her lunch guests renders any opportunity for parole manifestly inadequate, a top prosecutor argues.

Patterson, 51, was sentenced to life behind bars after she killed her three lunch guests by serving them beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023.

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