Erin Patterson , who murdered three relatives with poisonous mushrooms, has been given a life prison sentence by the supreme court in Australia.

Patterson will likely spend the rest of her life in prison, with the sentence stipulating that she won’t be eligible for parole for at least 33 years, at which point she will be 83.

According to BBC News, the judge said Patterson’s crimes were the “worst category” for offending and involved an “elaborate cover-up.”

Patterson attempted to kill four relatives with death cap mushrooms in a beef wellington she served them in 2023. Patterson’s mother and father in-law plus mother in-law’s sister died. A local pastor, who was married to Patterson’s mother in-law’s sister, is the only person to have survived. He recovered after weeks of treatment in

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