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And he offered it publicly and carefully, but only what was his to

because he could forgive the harm that was done to him.

What had been done to the others, he said, was beyond his power to absolve.

And he had one prayer for Erin, and that was, quote, that she will use her time in jail wisely to become a better person, unquote.

And outside the courthouse, after it was done, he spoke to the press.

And he thanked the police and the hospital workers for their efforts.

And then he said what mattered to him most.

Quote, I'd like to encourage all those involved to keep turning up and serving others.

Our lives and the life of our community depends on the kindness of others.

Unquote.

Aaron and Simon's two children live under a legal suppression order and their identities are sealed from public view, but they're believed to be in their father's care.

And court records noted that they had, quote, settled into a new school better than expected, unquote.

And Simon's victim impact statement noted that his children live in an irreparably broken home with only a solo parent when almost everyone else knows their mother murdered their grandparents.

And the media hasn't let them breathe.

And the Patterson and Wilkinson family still carry the lasting damage of what happened.

And one of the victim impact statements came from Dawn Patterson's mother, and she was 100 years old.

She outlived her own son.

So Erin is serving her sentence at the Dame Phyllis Frost Center, a maximum security women's prison in Melbourne.

And she spends at least 22 hours of every day inside her cell.

But the case isn't over and two appeals sit before the Victorian Court of Appeal.