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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal and received a harsher sentence. Legal experts explain why

Erin Patterson has lost her appeal against her 2025 convictions on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. She will now spend the rest of her life in prison, after the Victorian Court of Appeal also upheld a prosecution appeal and removed the 33-year non-parole period set…

The Conversation · Oct 30

Man arrested in connection with fatal house fire released

Kim and Phillip English and their sons Callum and Jayden died in the fire in their house in the Birchwood area of the city.

Evening Standard · Oct 26

Dropped bail-breach charge 'first step' for accused MP

Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has vowed to continue his fight against assault counts after a bail-breach charge against him was withdrawn.

AAP · Oct 26

Stephen Parkinson named as new head of Crown Prosecution Service

The new Director of Public Prosecutions has had a ‘stellar legal career’, the Attorney General said.

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Shane Drumgold resigns after sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the Lehrmann case

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, has resigned in the wake of an independent inquiry’s sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2023

Any charges for Daryl Maguire over Icac findings of ‘serious corrupt conduct’ may take years

Case against former MP for Wagga Wagga may take up to two years to be assessed because director of public prosecutions cannot simply use Icac evidence

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023

ACT's top prosecutor says he was wrong to suspect federal political interference in Bruce Lehrmann case

Shane Drumgold, the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, tells an inquiry he was mistaken to believe federal politicians had interfered with a rape investigation.

ABC News · May 11, 2023

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions tells inquiry he suspected federal politicians may have tried to interfere with Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution

Shane Drumgold tells the ACT Board of Inquiry he had wondered whether government ministers were exerting pressure on police investigators.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Man arrested over fatal shooting of Keith Branigan at caravan park in Clogherhead in 2019

Gangland figure Keith Branigan was 29 at the time he was shot to death in broad daylight

Irish Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Police union hits back at ACT's top prosecutor after he criticised officers' actions during Bruce Lehrmann trial

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold draws the ire of the Australian Federal Police Association after his letter criticising police actions in the now-abandoned trial of Bruce Lehrmann was made public.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022