Australian Mushroom Murderer Appeals Conviction
Erin Patterson, a 51-year-old Australian woman convicted of murdering three people with toxic mushrooms, has claimed in court documents that her trial involved a "substantial miscarriage of justice." The documents were made public on Wednesday.
Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for serving a beef Wellington contaminated with poisonous mushrooms to her estranged husband's parents, aunt, and uncle during a 2023 lunch at her home. Three of the four guests died as a result of the poisoning.
“Substantial miscarriage of justice.”
The case, which was originally reported by doc.afp.com through the BLOX Digital Content Exchange, has drawn wide attention both for its disturbing circumstances and for Patterson’s attempts to contest the verdict.
Author’s Summary
A convicted Australian woman, Erin Patterson, appeals her life sentence, asserting that her mushroom-poisoning trial was deeply flawed and unjust.
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