Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been moved to a protected unit in her Victorian prison, Australian media reports.
Patterson has been behind bars since November, when Victoria Police arrested and charged her with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
She has been kept at the maximum-security Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, in west Melbourne, until her trial date in May.
Australia's Herald Sun reported Patterson had been moved to the protected wing in the prison out of fears for her safety, citing a prison insider.
"There's a rule, you don't touch the elderly and you don't touch babies so because of that, you go into protection," the insider said.
Patterson will now have access to a shower, toilet, desk, closet, and possibly a kitchen too, according to reports.
"All the stuff you can buy in Coles and Woolworths, if she feels like steak, she can make that," said the prison source.
A brief of evidence against Patterson is due to be served on Monday.
What was Erin Patterson accused of?
Erin Patterson was detained four months after she cooked and served a beef Wellington lunch to four guests in July last year. The meal had been laced with death cap mushrooms.
Three of the guests later died in a Melbourne hospital after displaying symptoms linked to the poisonous mushrooms.
Erin Patterson's former in-laws were the victims: 70-year-olds Don and Gail Patterson, plus Gail's 66-year-old sister Heather Wilkinson, all died.
Heather's husband Ian survived, but he spent months recovering in hospital.
Victoria Police also allege Erin Patterson tried to kill her ex-husband, Simon, four separate times between 2021 and 2023.
