Erin Patterson Ordered to Die in Prison After Appeals Court Rejects Mushroom Murder Convictions
The Victorian Court of Appeal has ordered Erin Patterson to spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole, rejecting her bid to overturn triple murder convictions. The court ruled that her 2023 poisoning of four relatives with death cap mushrooms was 'extraordinarily cold and calculated,' making any fixed release date inappropriate. Patterson, who claimed the poisonings were accidental, will remain in high-security detention in Melbourne.