INFAMOUS mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of "horrendous" triple murder.

She will serve at least 33 years behind bars after receiving three life sentences and a 25-year sentence concurrently, with a non-parole period of 33 years.

The 11-week trial earlier this year gripped Australia like no other - and has now been put to bed as Justice Christopher Beale handed down the sentence at Victoria's Supreme Court .

For the first time in history , the supreme court allowed TV cameras into the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing live.

In court, Beale said he agreed Patterson should receive life imprisonment - but the "main dispute" was whether she should be afforded the possibility of parole.

He recounted the trial evide

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