Erin Patterson appeal live: mushroom murderer to challenge convictions over fatal beef wellington lunch
Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Welcome to our live coverage of Erin Patterson ’s appeals. It’s been more than a year since a Victorian jury found Patterson guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives and attempting to murder a…
A Victorian court of appeal will assess whether Erin Patterson's guilty verdicts for triple murder and attempted murder should be dismissed. Erin Patterson, currently incarcerated in Melbourne's maximum security women's prison, is appearing remotely via video link. Her legal representatives are barristers Richard Edney and Veronika Drago.
The three judges presiding over the appeal are Justices Stephen McLeish, Lesley Taylor, and Peter Kidd. Patterson's case includes arguments regarding the alleged "fundamental irregularity" of jury sequestration in a hotel alongside police and media, and the unprofessionalism of her cross-examination during the trial. Additionally, she contends that mobile tower data and Facebook friend evidence should not have been presented to the jury.
Patterson's sentence of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years has been challenged, with the Director of Public Prosecutions arguing the verdict is "manifestly inadequate".
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