Australian woman is sentenced to life for poisoning relatives with mushrooms

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(Joel Carrett/AAP Image | AP)MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole 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. Here’s what to know about the mushroom death trial Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband’s relatives for lunch in July 2023. I will not be speculating about that matter,” the judge told Patterson. A drug that is a specific antidote for death cap mushroom poisoning was not initially administered to her dying victims.