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Mushroom killer Erin Patterson can never be released from prison, judges rule
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She joins Katherine Knight, who was sentenced in New South Wales in 2001 for the murder of her partner John Price, after she stabbed him at least 37 times.
Patterson’s convictions relate to a family dinner she hosted at her rural home in 2023, where she served a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.
Patterson, 50, was convicted in July of murdering Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson.
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Mushroom killer Erin Patterson can never be released from prison, judges rule
By Rachel Goodman Global News
Posted October 30, 2026 3:58 pm
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Erin Patterson, the woman accused of serving her ex-husband's family poisonous mushrooms, is photographed in Melbourne, Australia, on April 15, 2025.…
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