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 trust” against relatives who had treated her and her children well for years.

Estranged husband avoided the fatal 2023 lunch; fourth victim survived after weeks in a hospital after the poisoning.

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a nonparole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.

Justice Christopher Beale told the Victoria state Supreme Court that Patterson’s crimes involved an enormous betrayal of trust.

Patterson was convicted in July of murderin

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