Triple murderer Erin Patterson has been jailed for life after poisoning four of her estranged husband’s family members with a toxic beef wellington.

A judge told the Australian 50-year-old she had ‘inflicted untold suffering’ on her own kids, who were now ‘robbed of their beloved grandparents’.

Three of Patterson’s targets – her husband Simon’s mum Gail, dad Don and maternal aunt Heather Wilkinson – died after eating the meal at her home in July 2023.

The fourth, Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson, survived after spending weeks in hospital but continues to suffer lasting damage.

Patterson had served the group a homemade lunch laced with foraged death cap mushrooms.

She had invited Simon to the meeting along with his parents-in-law, aunt and uncle, but he did not attend.

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