Court of Appeal to decide Erin Patterson's fate today
There's a final chapter feel about today’s Court of Appeal decision in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case but the fact is that there are a range of judgements open to the panel of judges.
There's a final chapter feel about today’s Court of Appeal decision in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case but the fact is that there are a range of judgements open to the panel of judges.
Should Erin Patterson be released after 33 years in prison for the triple murder of her in-laws, and the attempted murder of another in one of the state’s worst mass murder cases? Should she never be released or should a new trial be ordered? All will be revealed this Friday.
Should Erin Patterson be locked up forever The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions Brendan Kissane KC believes she should be. Here's why.
The argument in Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction, on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, inevitably turned back to mushrooms and a little-known piece of non-evidence about a fictitious cat.