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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Audrey Liza M. Nolasco

Mushroom Killer Erin Patterson Gets Taxpayer-Funded Ozempic While Serving 33-Year Prison Term

Convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson has reportedly been approved for taxpayer-funded Ozempic while serving life in prison with a 33-year non-parole period. (Credit: 7NEWS Australia/YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT)

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman convicted of murdering three relatives with a meal containing deadly death cap mushrooms, has reportedly been approved for Ozempic while serving life in prison, putting taxpayer-funded healthcare at the centre of a fresh controversy.

Patterson, 51, is being held at Melbourne's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre after being sentenced to life imprisonment with a 33-year non-parole period.

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