Erin Patterson appeal live: mushroom murderer challenges convictions over fatal beef wellington lunch
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Key context: <p>Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashed</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/18/mushroom-murders-erin-patterson-court-appeal-victoria-australia-ntwnfb">Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson was convicted over three deaths. Now she’ll argue the court got it wrong</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Limited accomodation during sequestering ‘issues of convenience’, Patterson’s barrister says</strong></p><p><strong>Kidd</strong> says Patterson’s case must be considered in the context of other cases where jurors had unsupervised access to “outsiders”. He says in this case the jurors were under the supervision of the jury-keeper at all times.</p><p>They are not, in our submission, a principled response.</p><p>If there has been no breach, then where’s the fundamental irregularity?</p><p>There’s no evidence that that’s occurred here.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/19/erin-patterson-appeal-live-mushroom-murders-court-australia-victoria-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashedMushroom murderer Erin Patterson was convicted over three deaths. Now she’ll argue the court got it wrongGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLimited accomodation during sequestering ‘issues of convenience’, Patterson’s barrister saysKidd says Patterson’s case must be considered in the context of other cases where jurors had unsupervised access to “outsiders”. He says in this case the jurors were under the supervision of the jury-keeper at all times.They are not, in our submission, a principled response.If there has been no breach, then where’s the fundamental irregularity?There’s no evidence that that’s occurred here. Continue reading...
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