Life in jail for mushroom murderer who poisoned family with Beef Wellington

Erin Patterson, who meticulously cooked a Beef Wellington with death cap mushrooms then fed it to family members, killing three, is off to jail for at least 33 years. The Australian woman, 50, was convicted in July on three counts on murder and one of attempted murder after jurors heard evidence of her planning the meal, her obesssion with poisoning, and the testimony of the luncheon's sole survivor, Ian Wilkinson. — Read the rest
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