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Australian judge sentences mushroom-killer Erin Patterson to life in prison

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The case has attracted enormous public interest in Victoria, nationally and internationally 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…

Australian mushroom murderer accused of poisoning husband

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MAGOGO: In rural Uganda, grandparents increasingly walk children to school and tend family gardens, reflecting a broader trend of longer lives across East Africa. According to WHO projections, the number of people aged 60 and older in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to more than double by 2050. This creates both pressures and opportunities for families, communities, and governments…

Australian woman convicted on all counts in mushroom murders case

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“I think it’s very important that we remember that three people have died, and we’ve had a person that nearly died and was seriously injured,” he said in a brief statement outside the court.The families of the victims had requested privacy and would not be making a statement, he added.The 10-week trial in Morwell, a…

Australian woman convicted for killing guests with poisonous mushroom

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A court sketch drawn from a video link shows Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, appearing as a witness for her own defense, at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court in Morwell, Australia, June 2, 2025. — AFPAn Australian woman…

Australian woman convicted in poison mushrooms triple murder case

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Melbourne, Australia — Australian Erin Patterson was found guilty Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial that gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison…

A jury is deciding the fate of an Australian woman accused of 3 murders by mushroom poisoning

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A sequestered jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. Three of Patterson’s four lunch guests — her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson —…