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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson was convicted over three deaths. Now she’ll argue the court got it wrong

An Australian court will consider two appeals from Wednesday: whether Patterson’s convictions should be quashed, and if she should remain in prison for life without parole It was a Sunday lunch in a sleepy Australian town that was at the heart of one of the country’s most high-profile murder trials. A central question fascinated people around the world: did Erin Patterson deliberately serve her…

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson was convicted over three deaths. Now she’ll argue the court got it wrong

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