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• Erin Patterson loses appeal as harsher sentence imposed

Patterson showed no emotion on the video feed as McLeish outlined why her appeal had failed, and how the director of public prosecutions had succeeded in seeking a longer sentence.

Patterson’s actions mean it is ‘inappropriate’ to fix non-parole period, justice says

The 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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Three Court of Appeal justices have handed down their decision and Erin Patterson, sitting in a small room near a window in prison, has learned her fate. This is how the morning in court unfolded.

Three Court of Appeal justices have handed down their decision and Erin Patterson, sitting in a small room near a window in prison, has learned her fate. This is how the morning in court unfolded.

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Victorian court of appeal rules Patterson should be jailed for life with no parole over deadly beef wellington lunch that killed three people

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Erin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her convictions and been resentenced to life behind bars with no chance of release, as Victoria’s highest court handed down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.

The court of appeal ruled on the two appeals on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August.

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Halloween marks the start of peak season for Melbourne’s paid costumed entertainers, and business is only getting better.

Halloween marks the start of peak season for Melbourne’s paid costumed entertainers, and business is only getting better.

Premier Ben Carroll has addressed two empty lecterns and a sparse lecture hall in a media stunt designed to heap pressure on Opposition Leader Jess Wilson to attend a three-way debate with Warren Pickering.

Premier Ben Carroll has addressed two empty lecterns and a sparse lecture hall in a media stunt designed to heap pressure on Opposition Leader Jess Wilson to attend a three-way debate with Warren Pickering.

Two senior managers overseeing the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are on leave while the agency reviews damning findings made against them in a Victorian integrity investigation into COVID-19 business grant rorts.

Two senior managers overseeing the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are on leave while the agency reviews damning findings made against them in a Victorian integrity investigation into COVID-19 business grant rorts.

If you think you’ve gained full access to Flemington’s luxury Birdcage enclosures this year, it might well turn out you haven’t.

If you think you’ve gained full access to Flemington’s luxury Birdcage enclosures this year, it might well turn out you haven’t.

If a generation spent in the political freezer hasn’t taught the Liberal Party a hard lesson about humility, they are glacially slow learners.

The man accused of repeatedly striking the independent MP with his 4WD claims he did so in a state of panic.

If a generation spent in the political freezer hasn’t taught the Liberal Party a hard lesson about humility, they are glacially slow learners.

The man accused of repeatedly striking the independent MP with his 4WD claims he did so in a state of panic.

Santo Domingo, 28 oct (Prensa Latina) La Campaña Dominicana de Solidaridad con Cuba felicitó hoy a la isla por el respaldo mayoritario recibido en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas a la resolución que reclama el fin del bloqueo impuesto por Estados Unidos.

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