Mushroom Killer Erin Patterson Sentenced to Life in Prison

Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for murdering three relatives and attempting to kill a fourth with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms.

In the Australian case that riveted global audiences, a jury in July convicted Patterson of murdering her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson after serving them a Beef Wellington lunch. She was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Wilkinson’s husband, Ian.