Overview
- Simon Patterson is working on a memoir, and his media manager says a publisher announcement is expected within weeks.
- The spokesperson says the release will likely wait until court matters finish, with appeals by Erin Patterson and the prosecution still underway.
- Erin Patterson was convicted over the July 2023 lunch laced with death cap mushrooms that killed three relatives and she received life with a 33-year non-parole period.
- Ian Wilkinson survived the lunch, and the jury also found Erin Patterson guilty of his attempted murder.
- Alleged poisonings of Simon Patterson in 2021 and 2022 were not put to the jury after those charges were withdrawn, though prosecutors cited hospital stays that included a 16-day coma and major bowel surgery.