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.
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The bass player in one of Central Australia's pioneering Aboriginal bands has been jailed for an aggravated assault on his partner.
Patterson's re-sentencing puts her in a rare grouping of convicted killers in Australia who will never be eligible for freedom.
Patterson watched on, clad in prison-issued blue, as Victoria’s highest court rejected her appeal against her murder convictions
Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking criminality”.
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
Three judges from Victoria's Court of Appeal will hand down their judgment on Erin Patterson's appeal against her murder convictions and on the prosecution's appeal over her sentence.
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.
Technology
The Court of Appeal scrapped Patterson’s 33-year minimum term and ruled she must spend life behind bars without parole.
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An attempt by murderer Erin Patterson, who killed three people with a meal of toxic mushrooms, to overturn her conviction has failed, with an appeals court finding that her original sentence was too light.
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. Follow our live updates.
Australia & Pacific
Court rules Patterson will spend the rest of her life behind bars after denying parole.
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.
Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking, sustained criminality”.
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