Erin Patterson will spend at least 33 years in prison after a judge found she intended to murder her estranged husband at the same family lunch where she poisoned four of his elderly relatives with death cap mushrooms. Today, how Justice Christopher Beale fit together Patterson’s puzzle of lies – and what happens now. 

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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