New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- A 50-year-old Australian woman convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms was sentenced on 8 September to a minimum of 33 years in prison. The sentence ended the 10-week-long trial of the high-profile case that gripped Australia and spawned multiple podcasts and documentaries.

Erin Patterson was convicted in July of killing her mother-in-law, Gail Patterson, father-in-law, Donald Patterson and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, in July 2023. The case was globally followed and dubbed the Leongatha mushroom murders.

The sentence will be served concurrently with a 25-year sentence for the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband, who su...