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Convicted murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her guilty verdict for killing three people with toxic mushrooms.While the paperwork is yet to be filed, Patterson’s lawyer Richard Edney told an administrative hearing at Victoria’s Supreme Court on Thursday that his client intended to appeal against her murder and attempted murder convictions. He did not outline the…
By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and WAYNE FLOWER, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Updated: 00:40 EDT, 8 September 2025 Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years for the murders of Gail and Don Patterson, Heather Wilkinson, and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson. Follow Daily…
Erin Patterson, 50, invited her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, over for lunch 01:58, Mon, Sep 8, 2025 Updated: 02:10, Mon, Sep 8, 2025 Erin Patterson leaves a court in Melbourne, Australia (Image: AP)A woman who poisoned three of her estranged husband’s relatives with a…
Home / WorldBy Liam Beattynews.com.au·25 Aug, 2025 05:47 AM10 mins to readCriminal psychologist on the mushroom trial – why were we all so fascinated / what could have driven her to do it? Video / Herald NOWThe brother of one of Erin Patterson’s victims questioned if “evil” could be at play after the fateful beef…
LISTEN: The Trial of Erin Patterson podcast available now By PAUL SHAPIRO AND WAYNE FLOWER Updated: 02:55 EDT, 25 August 2025 Follow Daily Mail’s live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.Patterson deserves ‘no mercy’ and could be kept in isolation for much of her sentenceProsecutor Jane Warren…
Home / WorldBy Liam Beattynews.com.au·17 Aug, 2025 07:02 AM4 mins to readCriminal psychologist on the mushroom trial – why were we all so fascinated / what could have driven her to do it? Video / Herald NOWDetails of a car ride mushroom killer Erin Patterson took in the hour after lunch guests left her home…
The evidence – none of which was ever shown to the jury due to a series of pre-trial rulings by Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale – paints the picture of a person obsessively focused on the nature and use of poisons.LoadingIn 2019, Patterson apparently downloaded a portion of a book called Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide…
Home / WorldBy Liam Beattynews.com.au·8 Aug, 2025 12:52 AM2 mins to readThe Australian woman accused of murdering three people with poisonous mushrooms has been found guilty on all charges.Mushroom killer Erin Patterson will be forced to sit through a two-day plea hearing after she was convicted of poisoning four relatives. The 50-year-old mother returned before…
Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering her in-laws with poisonous mushrooms. The nine week trial of the 50-year-old Australian has gripped and horrified the nation in equal measure. In 2023, Patterson invited her estranged husband, his parents, Gail and Don Patterson, and his aunt and uncle, Heather and Ian Wilkinson, to lunch at…
Home / WorldBy Liam Beattynews.com.au·7 Jul, 2025 08:51 AM3 mins to readThe Australian woman accused of murdering three people with poisonous mushrooms has been found guilty on all charges.Pictures of the deadly meal Erin Patterson used to kill three members of her husband’s family have been released by Victoria’s Supreme Court. The triple-murderer, 50, was…