Erin Patterson's Appeal Rejected, Sentencing Enhanced in Infamous Mushroom Murder Case

10/30/2026

SYDNEY, Oct 30 - An Australian woman convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms lost an attempt on Friday to appeal her conviction,...

10/30/2026

MUSHROOM killer Erin Patterson is set to die in prison after her appeal spectacularly backfired and increased her sentence instead. The triple murderer was jailed for life with a non-parole period...

10/30/2026

Judges in Victoria dismissed Patterson’s appeal meaning she will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole.

10/30/2026

Judges agreed with the prosecution’s appeal that Erin Patterson’s initial non-parole period of 33 years was insufficient.

10/30/2026

Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over a deadly beef Wellington lunch.

10/30/2026

Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.

10/30/2026

Erin Patterson is only the second woman in Australia to be imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.

10/29/2026

An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the "shocking criminality" involved in poisoning four of her estranged...