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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life behind bars but she will be eligible for parole after 33 years.

Patterson, 50, looked straight ahead as Victorian Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale handed down the sentence on Monday morning.

There was silence in the courtroom as Patterson learnt her fate for killing three lunch guests with a death cap mushroom-laced dish.

She sat in court with her eyes closed for most of the sentencing as Justice Beale set out how she committed the crimes.

A jury found Patterson deliberately served beef Wellingtons that featured the deadly mushrooms to four lunch guests in July 2023.

Her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, all died after consuming the meal, while He

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