Overview

• The Supreme Court of Victoria set parole eligibility after 33 years following her July 2025 convictions for three murders and one attempted murder.
• Prosecutors said she served a beef Wellington containing death cap mushrooms at a July 2023 family lunch, killing Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.
• Pastor Ian Wilkinson survived after weeks in hospital, while her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, declined the invitation.
• Prosecutors told the court she falsely claimed to have cancer to draw relatives to the meal, with no medical records supporting such a diagnosis.
• The court noted police had previously suspected three attempts to poison her husband in 2021–2022, and she has 28 days to file an appeal.