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Gavin Blackburn

Australia mushroom killer Erin Patterson's lawyers point to jury irregularities at appeal

Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson's lawyers said on Wednesday the jury was not properly sequestered in her trial as they sought to overturn her conviction in a triple-murder case that sparked a worldwide media frenzy.

The 51-year-old was found guilty last year of murdering her husband's parents and an elderly aunt in 2023 by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.

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