Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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- 20 Aug 2026, 04:39 UTC
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- Adeshola Ore
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- Erin Patterson mushroom trial
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument in its closing address that Patterson was not severely ill after the poisoned beef
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast McWilliams has turned to Patterson’s sixth ground of appeal – that prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC’s closing address caused a substantial
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Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast McWilliams says Patterson’s cross-examination required Rogers to “put the question again in a different way to get a responsive answer”
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