Kristian Silva is a court reporter with ABC News in Melbourne. He has been a journalist since 2011, and previously worked in newsrooms in regional Victoria and Brisbane. Follow him on Twitter: @kristian_silva
Victoria's highest court says the evidence needs to remain under wraps, because there is a danger Patterson would face "unfair prejudice" if she is granted a retrial.
World News
Liam Patterson-White has been selected for England’s three Test tour of South Africa ahead of Shoaib Bashir
The bass player in one of Central Australia's pioneering Aboriginal bands has been jailed for an aggravated assault on his partner.
After attempt at acquittal or retrial was dismissed, Patterson has 28 days to lodge an application for special leave to appeal to Australia’s high court
World News
The infamous mushroom murderer, Erin Patterson, has had her sentence extended as she attempted to overturn her conviction. Patterson now won’t be eligible for parole in her lifetime.
Australia & Pacific
Court rules Patterson will spend the rest of her life behind bars after denying parole.
Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking, sustained criminality”.
As three justices weigh the fate of Erin Patterson’s triple murder conviction, this legal ruling could decide whether she faces a complete retrial or spends the rest of her natural life behind bars.
Erin Patterson will spend the rest of her life in prison, Israeli protesters urge opposition parties to work with Arab-Israeli parties to gain power, A top jockey bounces back from injury in time for the Flemington carnival.
A five minute bulletin for English language learners
Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.
Erin Patterson lodged an appeal against her convictions over the deaths of three relatives who died after eating beef Wellingtons that contained death cap mushrooms.
The convicted killer wants her convictions overturned, while prosecutors argue she should never be released.
Patterson's re-sentencing puts her in a rare grouping of convicted killers in Australia who will never be eligible for freedom.
Mushroom killer Erin Patterson loses her appeal, Hong Kong residents sceptical after an apology and report into a deadly Hong Kong fire, The countdown begins to the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics in Dakar.
Victoria's highest court has upheld Erin Patterson's convictions for the murder of three relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth. Few legal options now remain for the killer.
Victoria's Court of Appeal will announce its decision on the mushroom killer's bid to have her convictions overturned.