Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years
She was convicted in July for killing three relatives and trying to kill another at a family lunch in 2023, where she served them beef Wellingtons laced with toxic death cap mushrooms
The 50-year-old kept her eyes shut for most of Monday’s hearing, our correspondent writes, opening them only as the judge read out the sentence
Patterson’s in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson died days after the meal in 2023
Ian Wilkinson, the sole surviving lunch guest, pleaded for kindness and asked for privacy as he spoke to the media for the first time, standing outside court
