Mushroom killer to be jailed for life after appeals court finds sentence too light
The court also upheld prosecutors’ bid to remove her 33-year non-parole period, meaning Patterson will be resentenced.
- On Friday, The Court dismissed Erin Patterson's appeal against her murder convictions, upholding a prosecution challenge that found her original sentence too light.
- Patterson, 52, was found guilty of killing three relatives using toxic mushrooms hidden in Wellingtons during a July 2023 lunch and received 25 years for attempted murder of a fourth guest.
- Justice Stephen McLeish stated the crimes were "extraordinarily cold and calculated" and involved "shocking criminality" deserving to be "denounced in the strongest terms."
- Prosecutors successfully appealed the original 33 years non-parole period, ensuring Patterson remains in prison for life without possibility of release.
- Seven grounds of appeal were presented in August, but The Court dismissed them all, confirming the guilty verdict for the three deaths.
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She served beef wellington with poisonous mushrooms at a family dinner, and shortly after, three guests were dead. An Australian woman must be in custody for murder for life. This has been confirmed in the appeal process.
Erin Patterson killed three family members with poisonous fly agarics and was sentenced to life. Her appeal has been rejected
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'Mushroom Killer' Loses Appeal, Gets an Even Harsher Sentence
A woman who deadly lunch of beef Wellington stunned Australia will now hang the rest of her life behind bars, CNN reports. An appeal court on Friday rejected Erin Patterson's bid to overturn her wall conviction—and went further, ruling her original sentence was too Lenient. Her final option for...
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