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  "id": 17159270,
  "title": "Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal to overturn convictions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/australian-mushroom-murderer-loses-appeal-to-overturn-convictions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:35:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC News",
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    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck8dz8j5n993o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Erin Patterson, 51, has lost her appeal to overturn her murder convictions for poisoning and attempting to kill her in-laws with deadly mushrooms. The Court of Appeal in Victoria upheld her three convictions and three-year non-parole period, rejecting arguments that her trial was tainted by a hotel booking mishap and that certain evidence was irrelevant. Prosecutors described her crimes as \"shocking\" and \"calculated,\" and emphasized the need for a strong condemnation of her actions. Patterson's life sentence, including the lengthy non-parole period, was deemed appropriate by the court.",
  "summary": "Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.",
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        "title": "Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/australian-mushroom-murderer-loses-appeal",
        "published": "2026-10-29T23:34:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal - court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/australian-mushroom-murderer-loses-appeal-court",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:01:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Australian mushroom killer loses appeal, has sentence extended",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/australian-mushroom-killer-loses-appeal-has-sentence-extended",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:18:55.000Z"
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        "title": "Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal and gets harsher sentence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/australian-mushroom-murderer-loses-appeal-and-gets-harsher-sentence",
        "published": "2026-10-30T01:56:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal to overturn convictions and gets harsher sentence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/australian-mushroom-murderer-loses-appeal-to-overturn-convictions-and",
        "published": "2026-10-30T04:42:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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