5 d. ago Why the sentence for mushroom killer Erin Patterson goes too far

Readers respond to the hefty custodial sentence for Erin Patterson, the tragic killings of two boys in Cobblebank, and the fallout over Jacinta Price’s comments.

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6 d. ago Convicted mushroom killer learns how long she will spend in jail

Justice Christopher Beale revisits key moments in the trial as part of his reasons for the sentence he imposes on convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson, as she learns how long she will spend in jail for the murders of her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, and the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson.

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6 d. ago Ian Wilkinson speaks after mushroom killer Erin Patterson jailed

Ian Wilkinson, the survivor of Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom lunch, has spoken after the triple murderer was sentenced.

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1 week ago Mushroom killer Erin Patterson’s sentence to be broadcast live in Supreme Court first

The court will break with convention and allow Justice Christopher Beale’s sentencing of Patterson for the death cap mushroom murders to be televised live.

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1 week ago Mushroom killer Erin Patterson’s sentence to be broadcast live in a Supreme Court first

The court will break with convention and allow Justice Christopher Beale’s sentencing of Patterson for the death cap mushroom murders to be televised live.

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2 w. ago An offer of forgiveness and a ‘tsunami’ of grief laid bare by Erin Patterson’s victims

Prosecutors want mushroom cook Patterson to die in jail for her premeditated murder of three lunch guests. But one of her victims extended an unlikely olive branch.

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