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Convicted Mushroom Killer Erin Patterson Files Appeal in Australian Court
Erin Patterson was convicted of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth by poisoning with death cap mushrooms at a 2023 lunch, now allowed to appeal.
- The Victorian Court of Appeal has accepted Patterson's bid to appeal her convictions, granting her leave to formally challenge the jury that convicted her for deliberate poisoning.
- A jury found Erin Patterson guilty on July 7 of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder involving Don Patterson, Gail Patterson, Heather Wilkinson, and Ian Wilkinson.
- Prosecutors say Patterson served beef Wellingtons containing poisonous death cap mushrooms at a lunch at her Leongatha, Victoria home, while Patterson pleaded not guilty to three murders and one attempted murder.
- She is serving a minimum prison sentence and faces a long wait for parole, while Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed it will appeal the sentence as 'manifestly inadequate'.
- Legal filings have been submitted while the grounds for appeal remain undisclosed, and Patterson's lawyers say they flagged their intention to lodge an appeal last month.
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