Ian Wilkinson cheated death and lost his wife and in-laws in a calculated murder plot.

But the sole survivor of a fatal mushroom lunch expressed nothing but gratitude and kindness when he finally broke his silence.

Despite the countless words written about the pastor from country Victoria, the 70-year-old has only once added to them in the form of a statement read out to a court.

That was until Monday, when the grieving pastor spoke on the Supreme Court steps after triple murderer Erin Patterson was sentenced for killing his wife Heather, in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and trying to fatally poison him as well.

There was no reference to the killer or her sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 33 years as he faced a wall of cameras.

Instead, he thanked those who saved h

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