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AUSTRALIA: ‘Mushroom Murderer’ Erin Patterson to appeal conviction

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Australian convicted murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her guilty verdict for killing three people with toxic mushrooms, her lawyer told a court on Thursday, after a trial that sparked a global media frenzy.

Patterson, 51, was handed life in prison with parole last month for serving a sumptuous beef Wellington laced with poisonous fungi to her estranged husband’s parents, aunt, and uncle during a lunch at her home in 2023.

Patterson’s lawyer Richard Edney told an administrative hearing at Victoria’s Supreme Court his client intended to “appeal against conviction”.

He did not outline the reasons for the appeal.