A former inmate who allegedly spent time with convicted mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson has spoken out about her behaviour behind bars.
Speaking to news.com.au, the anonymous former inmate claimed Patterson is gaining a lot of attention while at Melbourne’s maximum-security women’s prison, where she has been incarcerated for 19 months since her arrest in November 2023.
“She’s smart, but she’s also entitled, arrogant, demanding, and rude,” the ex-inmate claimed.
Having spent over a year behind bars with Patterson, the former inmate kept detailed diary entries — and one entry, dated July 27, 2024, references Patterson’s estranged husband, Simon, and sheds light on her true feelings toward him.
“Erin hates her ex-husband and openly admitted — she has made comments about no matter how long she gets (in prison), she will kill him,” the former inmate said.
Patterson is currently awaiting sentencing behind bars. (Credit: Nine)
During Patterson’s lengthy trial — which ended with a jury convicting her of three counts of murder and one of attempted murder — text messages exchanged between her and her former husband were submitted as evidence.
According to the former inmate, Patterson’s cell was searched by guards, where they recovered two bottles of mayonnaise and a chemistry book full of notations on natural remedies.
“This is something I wrote in my notes,” the former inmate said.
“I was talking with (another inmate) and asked if I could borrow her mayonnaise.“ She just laughed and joked about me ‘poisoning it like Erin Patterson did’.
“I was like ‘What the fuck?’ and she told me the story about how prison officers found mayonnaise in Erin’s room that was allegedly used to poison [one of the inmates].
“She went to medical and was vomiting everywhere. She was saying that the mushroom lady’s cell was searched and they found chemistry books with pages tagged.”
It comes after Patterson was accused of trying to poison an inmate, but a justice department spokeswoman said: “There is no evidence to support that there has been any contaminated food or suspected poisonings at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.”
Patterson’s pre-sentencing hearing is scheduled for August.
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