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Australia's mushroom killer jailed for life

An Australian woman convicted of murdering three of her relatives by serving a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Erin Patterson, the woman found guilty of murdering her relatives when she fed them food laced with toxic death cap mushrooms, has been sentenced in Australia.

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(Photo: Erin Patterso arrives at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, Australia, 8 September 2025; Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)

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