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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Erin Patterson: prosecutors to appeal ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentence for triple murderer

Erin Patterson leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne.
Erin Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years last month. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

The Victorian director of public prosecutions will appeal against the sentence handed down to triple murderer Erin Patterson, arguing it is manifestly inadequate.

On Monday afternoon – the deadline for an appeal – the DPP confirmed in a statement that the appeal had been lodged, after Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years.

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