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  •   Home > News > Law and Order

    Triple murderer Erin Patterson will have maximum security in jail due to risks from other prisoners

    Triple murderer Erin Patterson will have maximum security in jail due to risks from other prisoners


    The 50-year-old's been jailed for life with a non-parole period of 33 years - after feeding her in-laws beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms in 2023.

    Patterson's also been sentenced for the attempted murder of the sole survivor of the lunch - Ian Wilkinson.

    Australia correspondent Oliver Petersen says Patterson faces 22 hours of solitary confinement a day for the next three decades.

    He says the only other person in that part of the prison is a terrorist.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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