7 h. ago Erin Patterson appeals guilty verdicts over deadly mushroom lunch that killed three

Lawyers lodge challenge to conviction of triple murderer who served relatives beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTriple murderer Erin Patterson has filed an appeal against her conviction for killing three relatives with poisoned beef wellingtons, but will not appeal against her sentence.Lawyers for Patterson, 51, signalled they would be appealing last month, but the deadline for her to lodge the challenge to the court of appeal passed late yesterday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Arsenal given brutally honest Viktor Gyokeres verdict as Mikel Arteta deadline approaches

Viktor Gyokeres has failed to find the net in the Premier League since September, and Nigel Winterburn has commented on the Arsenal striker's form

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3 w. ago Doctor who alerted police to Erin Patterson ordered to take ethics and social media training after calling triple murderer a 'sociopathic nutbag'

Reporter Wayne Flower said: 'Personally, I don't think Webster's language is unusual. I think a lot of us talk like him and I found him very relatable.'

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3 w. ago Man found guilty after burning Koran wins appeal against conviction

He argued the act was freedom of speech

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3 w. ago French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedatedA man has been found guilty on appeal of raping Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged unconscious by her husband – and has had his prison sentence increased to 10 years.Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed builder, who had contested his first conviction last year, faced a retrial this week at Nîmes court of appeal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Erin Patterson should never be freed, prosecutors filing an appeal against sentencing say

Appeal against life sentence handed to triple-murderer Erin Patterson as ‘judge erred in findings’

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4 w. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this yearHelen Garner, one of Australia’s most acclaimed authors, is set to publish a new book in November about the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial.The book follows the story of Patterson, an Australian woman convicted in July of murdering three of her former in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a beef wellington contaminated with death cap mushrooms in 2023. The case, which played out in an Australian court earlier this year, attracted global attention. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Australia’s mushroom murder case is back in court. Here’s why

In September, Erin Patterson was sentenced on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

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4 w. ago Prosecutors want longer sentence for Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson

Patterson was sentenced to life in prison for murder of three people who were lunch guests at her home in 2023

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4 w. ago Prosecutors appeal for longer sentence for Erin Patterson in mushroom poisoning murders

Australian prosecutors have filed an appeal for a longer guaranteed prison term for poisonous mushroom cook Erin Patterson

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