Crime

Life Without Parole on the Table as Erin Patterson’s Mushroom Murder Appeal Heads to Its Reckoning

A Victorian courtroom is once again at the centre of one of Australia’s most chilling criminal cases. Prosecutors want Erin Patterson locked away for life without any chance of release, while her legal team argues the original trial was so flawed it should never stand. The stakes, for everyone in that room, could not be higher.