仅事实
澳大利亚女子因蘑菇谋杀案被定罪，面临量刑并遭遇新指控
摘要
埃琳·帕特森因用掺有毒蘑菇的餐食谋杀三名亲属被定罪，随着对其疏远丈夫先前投毒企图的新指控浮出水面，她即将接受量刑。
帕特森的量刑听证会定于2025年8月25日举行，她面临三项谋杀罪可能的终身监禁判决，以及对伊恩·威尔金森的谋杀未遂罪判处25年监禁。检察官简·沃伦表示，在为期两天的听证会上将提交大量受害者影响陈述。量刑后，帕特森有28天时间对定罪或判决提出上诉。
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Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old Australian woman, was convicted last month of murdering her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them a beef Wellington meal laced with deadly death cap mushrooms at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, in July 2023.
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Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, also consumed the meal but survived after a prolonged hospitalization.
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Newly disclosed pretrial evidence reveals that Patterson's estranged husband, Simon Patterson, suspected she had been poisoning him more than a year before the fatal meal.
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Simon testified that he declined a lunch invitation from Erin out of fear, stating, 'I thought there'd be a risk that she'd poison me if I attended.'
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He recounted becoming seriously ill after consuming meals she prepared, including penne bolognese, chicken korma curry, and a vegetable curry wrap during family camping trips between November 2021 and September 2022.
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Although no poisons were found, and charges related to these allegations were dropped before the trial, this evidence has now been made public following a judge's decision to lift a gag order.
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Patterson's sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 25, 2025, where she faces potential life sentences for each of the three murders and 25 years for the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson.
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