Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleErin Patterson, pictured, was convicted of murdering three members of her estranged husband's family and attempting to murder a fourth (AAP Image)Triple murderer Erin Patterson has reportedly been approved for Ozempic weight-loss injections while serving a life sentence at Melbourne's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. The 51-year-old was granted the prescription due to being in solitary confinement with limited opportunities to exercise, following medical advice. Victorian shadow police minister Brad Battin criticised the decision as disgraceful, arguing that taxpayers should not subsidise weight-loss drugs for inmates. Patterson was convicted last year of killing three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by serving toxic death cap mushrooms in a beef Wellington meal in July 2023. Maintaining that the poisoning was accidental, Patterson returned to court last month to appeal her convictions, with judges currently reserving their decision. In fullAustralian ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson to get ‘taxpayer-funded’ Ozempic jabs in jailMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Why ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson could get weight-loss jabs in jail
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleErin Patterson, pictured, was convicted of murdering three members of her estranged husband's family and attempting to murder a fourth (AAP Image)Triple murderer Erin Patterson has reportedly been approved for Ozempic weight-loss injections while serving a life sentence at Melbourne's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. The 51-year-old was granted the prescription due to being in solitary confinement with limited opportunities to exercise, following medical advice. Victorian shadow police minister Brad Battin criticised the decision as disgraceful, arguing that taxpayers should not subsidise weight-loss drugs for inmates. Patterson was convicted last year of killing three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by serving toxic death cap mushrooms in a beef Wellington meal in July 2023. Maintaining that the poisoning was accidental, Patterson returned to court last month to appeal her convictions, with judges currently reserving their decision. In fullAustralian ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson to get ‘taxpayer-funded’ Ozempic jabs in jailMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
