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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Mushroom trial spawns toxic media hot takes after Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict

Newspaper front pages sharing news of Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict
Newspaper front pages sharing news of Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The media were constrained in what they could report during Erin Patterson’s 10-week trial. But after the mushroom trial guilty verdict was handed down on Monday, all bets were off.

The extraordinary photographs of the triple murderer in a prison van in May were published by every media outlet, bought from the wire agency AFP for more than $1,500 each or a discounted rate for the set of six.

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