Mushroom murderer sentenced to life over toxic family lunch

An Australian woman was imprisoned for life for her for at least 33 years, killed three relatives, who had no chance to release and tried to kill someone else with a toxic fungal dish.

A woman in Australia, the longest period of prison, 50 -year -old Erin Patterson, which is the longest time delivered to the criminal, will be in her 80s before applying for a conditional evacuation.

A Supreme Court judge, Patterson’s crimes were the “worst category” for the accusation and contained a “detailed cover”.

Patterson killed 70 -year -old father -in -law Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson after serving a toxic cattle Wellington in Victoria in 2023.

Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson, a local priest, got rid of lunch after getting rid of the coma and had health problems with poisoning.

Patterson’s alienated husband Simon Patterson also aimed to attend lunch, but in part, he was canceled at the last minute because of his belief that his wife had been trying to poison her for years.

Patterson has long maintained his innocence, he said that the dinner he prepared was accidentally added to the poisonous death hat mushrooms and he never intended to harm his relatives.

He will be sentenced to three lifetime for three murders and 25 years in prison for the murder of Mr. Wilkinson.

During the prisoner’s words, Justice Christopher Beale said Patterson’s weight means to impose the “maximum punishment”.

The prosecutors argued that two people should be sentenced to jail without the possibility of release of their mother-the hardest punishment in Avustralia.

Justice Beale agreed to be the worst of the crimes, but the decision to allow conditional evacuation, Patterson’s 15 months spent in cell imprisonment so far and more for the safety of the “important chance”, including “hard prison conditions”, he said.

The judge, Patterson’s reputation and the high level of media and public interests, “for many years to remain a bad prisoner and therefore will remain at a significant risk from other prisoners,” he said.

Patterson also announced the current prison conditions in a maximum security prison of a woman who spent 22 hours a day in her cell without contacting other prisoners due to “great criminal status”.

Justice Beale said that the prosecution was not a reason for the crimes of Patterson during the nine -week murder hearing two months ago and did not specify both.

“You only know why you’re committed to them,” he said, in reference to the attempt of three murders and murder. “I will not speculate in this regard.”

The judge said that Patterson did not “pity” for his victims in the days after lunch, because those who ate toxic food fought for their lives in the hospital.

“You do not regret the wounds of all victims.”

Apart from the court, Ian Wilkinson, who survived the deadly lunch, spoke to the public for the first time about the ordeal that shredded his family.

He thanked the police and prosecutors working on the case and thanked the victims and numerous health personnel who treated him in the days after lunch.

Orum I want to encourage everyone to be kind to each other, Mr Mr. Wilkinson said.

At a pre -sentence hearing a few weeks ago, Wilkinson felt “half low” after the death of his “beautiful wife” and lost two best friends.

The high level of examination and interest in Patterson’s case ended in the penalty on Monday, and the court decided to allow a TV camera for the first time in its history, so that the proceedings can be published live.

Previously, there are only live penalties with in -house cameras.

One of the 28 days of Patterson’s sentence to appeal against his sentence, and one of the attempted murder attempts and murder.