A Victorian supreme court judge has sentenced Erin Patterson to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years.
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A jury had previously found Patterson guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder by serving beef wellingtons laced with deadly death cap mushrooms. She had hosted the lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria on 29 July 2023, which was attended by her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt and uncle, Heather and Ian Wilkinson; of the guests, only Ian survived.
Delivering the sentence on Monday morning, Justice Christopher Beale said he was satisfied Patterson invited her guests to the lunch ‘with the intention of killing them all’. ‘I have no hesitation in finding that your offending falls into the worst category for the offences of murder and attempted murder,’ Beale said
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