WEBVTT - Breaking: 33 years for mushroom killer Erin Patterson

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's headlines. Aaron Patterson will spend at least thirty

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<v Speaker 1>three years in prison for murdering three elderly relatives and

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<v Speaker 1>attempting to murder another at a family lunch in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three. Justice Christopher Biale has given Patterson three life

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<v Speaker 1>sentences for murder and twenty five years for attempted murder,

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<v Speaker 1>to be served Concurrently, He set a non parole period

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty three years because Patterson is effectively serving her

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<v Speaker 1>time in solitary confinement, and the judge said therefore deserved

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<v Speaker 1>some clemency. Patterson has already served two years in custody,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning she will be eligible for release in twenty fifty six,

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<v Speaker 1>by which time she will be eighty one years old.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no hesitation in finding that your offending falls

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<v Speaker 2>into the worst category for the offenses of murder and

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<v Speaker 2>attempted murder. The gravity of your offending warrants the imposition

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<v Speaker 2>of the maximum penalties for your crimes. You maintain your innocence.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, there is no evidence of remorse. All

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<v Speaker 2>sentences are to be served concurrently. The total effective sentence

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<v Speaker 2>is life imprisonment and I fix a non parole period

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty three years.

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<v Speaker 1>The fifty year old mother of two was convicted in

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<v Speaker 1>July of poisoning her in laws Don and Gail Patterson

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<v Speaker 1>and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson with death cap mushrooms, which

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<v Speaker 1>she served to her guests in toxic parcels of beef Wellington.

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<v Speaker 1>Heather Wilkinson's husband, Pastor Ian Wilkinson, was the sole survivor

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<v Speaker 1>and was present in court for her sentencing by Justice Biel.

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<v Speaker 1>right now at the Australian dot Com do AU and

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<v Speaker 1>come back to the front first thing in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>for all the details of Justice Beal's reasoning.