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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Prosecutors want longer sentence for Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson

Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms but will be eligible for parole after 33 years.

Victoria state’s Office of Public Prosecutions said in a statement it had filed the appeal to the Victorian Court of Appeal, claiming the sentence handed to Patterson a month ago was “manifestly inadequate.”

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