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Mushroom Killer Erin Patterson Gets Taxpayer-Funded Ozempic While Serving 33-Year Prison Term

Erin Patterson, convicted of three murders, has reportedly been approved for taxpayer-funded Ozempic in prison, sparking a fierce debate over healthcare and public money.

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Australian ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson to get ‘taxpayer-funded’ Ozempic jabs in jail

The 51-year-old is serving life at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne for triple murder

The Independent UK

Mushroom Murderer Erin Patterson's Conviction Could Be Overturned After Bizarre Table Tennis Hotel Mix-Up

The Victorian Court of Appeal is now considering whether the unusual hotel arrangement warrants quashing Patterson's convictions and ordering a retrial.

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Prosecutors Demand Mushroom Murderer Erin Patterson 'Die Behind Bars' in Explosive Court of Appeal Hearing

Prosecutors urge Victoria's highest court to impose a life sentence on Erin Patterson, convicted of multiple murders via mushroom poisoning, arguing her crimes warrant no possibility of parole.

International Business Times UK

Australian court told why mushroom killer Erin Patterson should stay in prison forever

Prosecutors say their no-parole demand is harsh but is called for by nature of crime

The Independent UK

Prosecutor tells Australian appeals court mushroom poisoning murderer should never be released

A prosecutor tells an Australian court triple-murderer Erin Patterson should never be released from prison after she poisoned four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms

The Independent UK

Australian prosecutors demand life in prison for mushroom killer

MELBOURNE - Australian prosecutors asked judges Thursday to stiffen mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's prison sentence—saying she should never be set free.

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Erin Patterson’s mushroom murders sentence too lenient and she should die behind bars, prosecutors argue

Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should fail while arguing for tougher sentence

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Erin Patterson appeal: prosecutors seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer – as it happened

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Crown push for life without parole for mushroom killer

A top prosecutor appealing Erin Patterson's sentence has argued her trial judge made a mistake by giving the mushroom murderer a chance at parole.

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Australia mushroom killer Erin Patterson's lawyers point to jury irregularities at appeal

Patterson was found guilty last year of murdering her husband's parents and an elderly aunt in 2023 by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.

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‘Mushroom murderer’ back in court in Australia

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Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice

Allowing jurors to stay in same hotel as police and prosecution denied Patterson a fair trial, lawyers tell Victorian court of appeal

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson appeal latest: Mushroom killer’s lawyers say ‘catastrophic’ hotel mistake led to mistrial

Patterson’s lawyer says jurors were housed alongside police, media and others connected to the high-profile trial

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Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions in Australia over death cap mushroom lunch

Triple-murderer Erin Patterson is appealing her convictions for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson challenges convictions over mushroom lunch – as it happened

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Crown denies catastrophic failures in mushroom trial

A top prosecutor has rejected a triple murderer's claim she suffered a "fundamental irregularity" in her trial as she fights to have her convictions quashed.

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson was convicted over three deaths. Now she’ll argue the court got it wrong

An Australian court will consider two appeals from Wednesday: whether Patterson’s convictions should be quashed, and if she should remain in prison for life without parole

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Australia's mushroom murderer appeals conviction

SYDNEY - Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson launches an appeal Wednesday against her conviction in a triple-murder case that made headlines worldwide.

The Independent UK

Australian woman who murdered family members with poisonous mushrooms to return to court

Erin Patterson faces fresh legal battle as prosecutors seek longer sentence

AAP

Fatal fungi: health alert as mushroom season begins

Death caps and yellow-staining mushrooms are among the toxic fungi health authorities are warning residents to avoid as growing season gets under way.

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Kyle, Jackie O avoid charges over mushroom trial remark

Two of Australia's most prominent radio personalities have been spared contempt charges after they made comments during the mushroom murder trial.

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How murderer Erin Patterson will fight her convictions

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson will rely on seven grounds to fight her murder and attempted murder convictions after lodging a bid to appeal her guilty verdicts.

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson cites ‘unfair and oppressive’ questioning and jury ‘irregularity’ in mushroom murder appeal

Patterson appealing convictions on seven grounds, after being found guilty of killing three people using beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional Australia

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson appeals guilty verdicts over deadly mushroom lunch that killed three

Lawyers lodge challenge to conviction of triple murderer who served relatives beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional Australia

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