Court orders Erin Patterson never to be released from prison for mushroom poisonings

ABC News30 October 2026, 06:56 UTCAustralia

An Australian appeals court has ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms

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