We don’t know if Erin Patterson is still religious (she became a churchgoer when she embraced her Christian in-laws she then poisoned) but she should thank God for the leniency of the Supreme Court.

To be sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in jail for three murders and an attempted murder is a deal Moses would part a sea for.

Justice Christopher Beale during his sentencing remarks on Monday.Credit: Supreme Court of Victoria

In his sentencing remarks, Justice Christopher Beale was rightly scathing of the offender before him.

He pointed out that by refusing to say she had foraged for deadly mushrooms, she delayed allowing her victims to receive the appropriate treatment, with fatal consequences.

Having fed her Leongatha lunch guests poisoned beef Wellingtons, she sabotaged any chance of survival for Heather Wilkinson, Don and Gail........

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