Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of the notorious "mushroom murders" case, was sentenced to life in prison by an Australian judge on Monday, with the possibility of parole after 33 years. The ...

“Between early May and early July of this year, much of Australia’s collective imagination was absorbed by the trial of Erin Patterson,” said Jason Steger in the Financial Times. The 51-year-old stood ...

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Patterson told police she’d bought the mushrooms from a major supermarket and Asian grocer, sending health officials on a futile mission to track their source. She also lied about being ill in the ...

“Only you know why you committed them (the crimes). I will not be speculating about that matter,” the judge told Patterson. Patterson showed little emotion during the sentencing hearing, which took ...

Australian woman receives life sentence with 33-year minimum for murdering three in-laws with death cap mushrooms hidden in beef Wellington. Judge condemned Erin Patterson’s “enormous betrayal of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — 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 ...

Erin Patterson, who murdered three relatives with poisonous mushrooms, has been given a life prison sentence by the supreme court in Australia. Patterson will likely spend the rest of her life in ...

The cook convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world’s most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...