6 d. ago Inside the prison conditions faced by Australia’s mushroom murderer

A Supreme Court judge noted Erin Patterson’s prison conditions do not ‘sound very humane’

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6 d. ago How the 'mushroom murders' mystery unravelled as convict Erin Patterson faces her only survivor in court ahead of being sentenced

This is how a quiet family lunch in a small Australian town sent shockwaves around the world after a sinister murder plot came to light.

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7 d. ago Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson as defence agrees triple murderer deserves life sentence

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family membersIan Wilkinson says he forgives Erin Patterson for trying to murder him but cannot offer her forgiveness for killing three other people with poisoned beef wellingtons, a Victorian court has heard.The supreme court also heard on Monday that the prosecution and defence both agreed that Patterson should receive a life sentence for her crimes, which Justice Christopher Beale agreed were “horrendous”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson plea hearing: Ian Wilkinson says he feels ‘only half alive’ without late wife

Erin Patterson returns to court for a pre-sentencing hearing

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson court LIVE updates: The brutal warning mushroom killer won't want to hear as top judge paints grim picture of her future

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson court LIVE updates: Evil mushroom murderer's bleak life behind bars is laid bare as prison boss exposes how she has become a hermit

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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8 d. ago Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson, saying she has ‘become the victim of my kindness’

Ian Wilkinson tells supreme court he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ but is ‘compelled to seek justice’ for three murdered family membersErin Patterson plea hearing LIVE: Patterson in tears as victims bereaved by her deadly mushroom lunch lay bare their griefIan Wilkinson says he forgives Erin Patterson for trying to murder him but cannot offer her forgiveness for killing three other people with poisoned beef wellingtons, a Victorian court has heard.Wilkinson, a pastor whose wife, sister-in-law and brother-in-law were killed by Patterson after they were served the lunch in 2023, told the supreme court in Melbourne on Monday that he had not fully recovered from the death cap mushroom poisoning he suffered. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Sole survivor of Australian mushroom poisoning grieves loss of wife and friends

Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of a deadly Australian mushroom poisoning, says he feels only half alive after losing his wife and two close friends

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson court LIVE updates: Lone survivor delivers a truly astonishing message to the mushroom lunch murderer after she killed his wife and in

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson court LIVE updates: Evil mushroom murderer smiles as she arrives at court to be confronted by her victims' loved ones

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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9 d. ago Loved ones of Erin Patterson's victims are set to confront the evil mushroom lunch killer during explosive hearing... with one major exception

Erin Patterson will be forced to listen to victim impact statements from the loved ones of the three people she murdered.

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3 w. ago Husband suspected wife of poisoning him before she killed 3 relatives with toxic mushrooms

An Australian court has heard a husband suspected his wife of poisoning him over a year before she murdered three of his relatives with toxic mushrooms

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