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Erin Patterson: prosecutors to appeal ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentence for triple murderer

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Victoria’s director of public prosecutions seeking longer prison sentence for mushroom murderer

The Victorian director of public prosecutions will appeal against the sentence handed down to triple murderer Erin Patterson, arguing it is manifestly inadequate.

On Monday afternoon – the deadline for an appeal – the DPP confirmed in a statement that the appeal had been lodged, after Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years.

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Potential contempt charges in relation to Kyle and Jackie O comments on Erin Patterson still under consideration

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Office of public prosecutions says decision has ‘not yet been finalised’, four months after judge referred comments including Kyle Sandilands saying ‘lock that bitch up’

The Victorian office of public prosecutions has yet to rule out contempt charges in relation to comments made on the Kyle and Jackie O Show about the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, four months after the co-hosts were criticised by a supreme court judge.

Justice Christopher Beale referred the comments to the office for contempt proceedings in June, after Kyle Sandilands made comments including, “just lock that bitch up” and called the case “not strong for her”.

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal against her convictions, court told

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Lawyers for Erin Patterson confirmed on Thursday that she would appeal against her convictions, after she was sentenced to life imprisonment last month

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal against her convictions, the Victorian supreme court has heard.

Patterson’s barrister, Richard Edney, confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne on Thursday morning.

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Doctor who called Erin Patterson ‘crazy bitch’ after treating her penalised for speaking about case

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Health regulator places conditions on Dr Christopher Webster’s registration over comments made after mushroom lunch murder trial

An Australian doctor who treated triple murderer Erin Patterson and her victims after the deadly mushroom lunch has been slapped with conditions by the health regulator after speaking out about the case.

Dr Christopher Webster, a GP in the Victorian town of Leongatha, south-east of Melbourne, was a witness in Patterson’s trial earlier this year.

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Australia news live: Judge says Erin Patterson inflicted ‘untold suffering’ and should receive maximum sentence for mushroom murders

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Justice Christopher Beale says possibility of parole is ‘main dispute’. Follow today’s news live

Victoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.

Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes.

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to learn fate at sentence hearing in Victorian supreme court

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Justice Christopher Beale will sentence the triple murderer on Monday, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a state first

Victoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence on Monday morning, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a historic first for the state.

The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.

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Erin Patterson plea hearing live updates: mushroom murder cook faces victims’ families in pre-sentence hearing – latest news

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Pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court concludes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder in July

Court hears statement from sister of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson

Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC is reading a victim impact statement on behalf of Lynette Young, the sister of Gail and Heather. She says:

I’m just so angry and so sad that my people are not here to be the loving parents and grandparents that they always were.

She was more concerned about our own family, our work, our kids, than she was about her own sudden and unexpected health crisis …

I miss her daily and life feels less bright without her.

The world seems colder and harsher knowing this.

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Judge ruled Erin Patterson would have to face separate trial for attempting to kill estranged husband to avoid prejudice

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Prosecutors ultimately dropped charges relating to Simon Patterson before triple murder trial over mushroom lunch started

Triple murderer Erin Patterson would have been unfairly prejudiced if a jury heard allegations she tried to kill her estranged husband in the years before the fatal poison mushroom lunch.

Victorian supreme court justice Christopher Beale made the decision on 14 March, ruling Patterson would have to face a separate trial for the three alleged attempted murder charges.

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Mushroom lunch murderer Erin Patterson prevented from selling house by court order

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Prosecutors granted restraining order under the confiscation act to stop the triple murderer’s Leongatha property being sold or otherwise dealt with

The property at the centre of a deadly mushroom lunch has been restrained by the court after Erin Patterson was found guilty of triple murder.

Victorian supreme court Justice Michelle Quigley granted the confiscation application over Patterson’s Leongatha property on 23 July after a closed court hearing.

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Mushroom trial spores toxic media hot takes after Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict | Weekly Beast

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Coverage ranges from psychedelic gifs to ‘full-on Walking Dead-style zombie stuff’. Plus: is the ABC really listening?

The media were constrained in what they could report during Erin Patterson’s 10-week trial. But after the mushroom trial guilty verdict was handed down on Monday, all bets were off.

The extraordinary photographs of the triple murderer in a prison van in May were published by every media outlet, bought from the wire agency AFP for more than $1,500 each or a discounted rate for the set of six.

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