Mushroom lunch case: Patterson appeals three murder convictions

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Mushroom lunch case: Patterson appeals three murder convictions
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Victoria's Court of Appeal hears Erin Patterson's challenge to three murder and one attempted murder verdicts tied to a July 2023 death-cap mushroom lunch that killed four relatives; prosecutors seek life without parole; grounds for appeal include sequestration breaches, unfair cross-examination, and prejudicial Facebook evidence, while Patterson argues poisoning may have been an accident and no poisons were found. If the appeal succeeds, convictions could be overturned and a retrial ordered, with Patterson watching from prison.

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