- Prosecutors have urged Victoria's Court of Appeal to deny parole to Erin Patterson, arguing that the nature of her crimes demands she remain in prison for life.
- Patterson, 51, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 33-year non-parole period for murdering three relatives with toxic death-cap mushrooms served in a Beef Wellington in July 2023.
- Victoria's top prosecutor Brendan Kissane KC described the 33-year minimum sentence as manifestly inadequate given Patterson's truly dreadful behaviour.
- Patterson is appealing her conviction on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, maintaining that the fatal poisonings were accidental.
- Crown prosecutors rejected defence claims of a miscarriage of justice, stating there was no evidence Patterson had an innocent interest in foraging for wild mushrooms.
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