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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions in Australia over death cap mushroom lunch

Australia Poisonous Mushrooms - (AAP Image)

Triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.

Three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal are hearing her appeal over two days against her convictions on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder relating to a lunch of beef Wellington pastries she prepared at her rural home in Leongatha in July 2023.

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