The Court of Appeal scrapped Patterson’s 33-year minimum term and ruled she must spend life behind bars without parole.
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal and instead been resentenced to life behind bars without parole for her “cold and calculated” offending.
Patterson, 52, appeared on a video link from prison as three Victorian Court of Appeal judges handed down their decision on Friday morning.
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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
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.
Judges ruled Vickrum Digwa's original term was unduly lenient and refused his bid to have it cut.
