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Live: Appeal decision due shortly for triple murderer Erin Patterson
Victoria's highest court has dismissed Erin Patterson's appeal against her murder convictions and resentenced the killer to life in prison without parole.
Patterson was last year found guilty of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another by serving them beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.
What today's decision means is that Erin Patterson will no longer be eligible for parole in 33 years. Instead, she will spend the rest of her life behind bars.
In terms of her future, she is left with very few legal avenues. Other than very niche cases where new evidence exonerates her, her only option would be to appeal against this decision in the High Court of Australia.
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McLeish said the court had found Patterson’s actions “carefully planned and deliberate”, saying she had engaged in an “elaborate series of deceptions”.
double quotation markThe applicant’s murderous intent dated back to the invitations to lunch, it persisted through the lunch that the poison was administered. …
We have concluded that the case involved such calculated criminality that it is inappropriate to fix a non-parole period.
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Erin Patterson will likely die in prison after the bench struck out her non-parole period.
Notably absent today is defence barrister Richard Edney and surviving lunch guest Ian Wilkinson and his family.
Court doors to room one have opened with dozens of members of the public, press and legal fraternity taking a seat across two levels of the viewing area.
Present are also members of the homicide squad including Detective Leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall and Detective Senior Sergeant Nigel L’estrange.
Erin Patterson is being beamed into the courtroom on a television screen from custody. She is seated in a small room with a window out into a grassed area. She put her right thumb in the air to confirm she can see and hear the proceedings.
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