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Australia’s mushroom murderer loses bid to overturn convictions – as it happened

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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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Erin Patterson to die in prison after losing appeal against mushroom murder convictions

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

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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© Photograph: James Ross/AP

© Photograph: James Ross/AP

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