Poisonous mushroom killer ‘must never be released’ over ‘extraordinarily cold’ murders

Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison in September 2025. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP via Getty Images)

An Australian mum-of-two who murdered three people by serving beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms will never be released from prison.

Erin Patterson was refused by the Court of Appeal in Melbourne to have her convictions overturned after her lawyers argued she had suffered a miscarriage of justice.

She was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 33 years in September 2025 over the murders ...