According to reports, the Australian woman who was found guilty of poisoning her former in-laws and another family member with death cap mushrooms received three life sentences.
According to CNN, the BBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Erin Patterson, 50, was sentenced to three life sentences with no possibility of parole for 33 years on Monday, September 8.
In July, PEOPLE reported that Erin had been convicted in the deaths of her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.
She was also found guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, 68, who spent weeks in the hospital, according to 9 News. The life sentences will run concurrently with a 25-year sentence for Wilkinson’s attempted murder, CNN reported.
Don, Gail, and Heather were taken to the hospital and died within days of eating Erin’s Beef Wellington, which had been laced with the deadly mushrooms, at her Leongatha home in July 2023, PEOPLE previously reported.
PEOPLE has contacted the Supreme Court of Victoria for further information.
According to the BBC, in pre-trial evidence released last month, Erin’s ex-husband Simon accused Erin of attempting to poison him on multiple occasions.
Simon was invited to the fatal lunch in July 2023, but declined to attend.
Prosecutors previously told the court that Erin lied to her guests about having cancer, claiming she did so to ensure her children did not attend the lunch, CNN reported. According to the outlet, the defense did not dispute the cancer lie.
“I am satisfied by July 16, 2023, when you unusually invited Simon, his parents, and aunt and uncle to a lunch without the children to discuss your non-existent medical issue, you did so with the intention of killing them all,” Justice Christopher Beale told Erin during the hearing on Monday, according to CNN.
Beale added that Erin had caused “untold suffering” to her own children, who had lost their grandparents.
“The devastating impact of your crimes is not limited to your direct victims, your crimes have harmed a great many people,” Beale claimed, according to the media.
“There is great anger at the callousness of your actions,” he continued, according to the BBC.
“Your failure to exhibit any remorse poured salt in all the victims wounds,” Beale continued, adding that Patterson had “showed no pity for your victims.”
“Only you know why you committed [the murders],” Beale said, adding that he would not “speculate on that matter,” according to the BBC.
Survivor Ian Wilkinson, the longtime pastor of Korumburra Baptist Church, thanked authorities for their “professional, efficient, and effective investigation,” according to CNN.
He encouraged “everybody to be kind to each other” and stated that he is “no longer Erin Patterson’s victim, and she has become the victim of my kindness.”
According to the outlet, Patterson has until 12 a.m. on October 6 to appeal her sentence or conviction.
