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'Justice is served': Family relief over killer's guilt

A young teen who stabbed another boy to death to avenge a short-lived fling has been found guilty of murder.

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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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Accused stabbed teen to death to avenge girl, jury told

A boy has admitted he killed another teen but has denied he is guilty of murder as prosecutors laid out an alleged motive to jurors.

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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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Mushroom killer Erin Patterson’s lawyers say ‘catastrophic’ hotel mix-up undermined trial

Defence lays out seven grounds for appeal

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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

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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

The Independent UK

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - AU

Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson set to appeal triple murder conviction

New legal team says they intend to file appeal but need more time to prepare

The Independent UK

'Everlasting regret' truckie to be jailed for bus crash

A truck driver says he is wracked with guilt after he drove a defective prime mover that crashed into a school bus with "catastrophic consequences".

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'Reckless' bus crash case delays re-traumatise victims

A teacher involved in a school bus crash has lamented "exhausting" court case delays, while a student recounted trying to save her bleeding friend from dying.

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Afternoon Update: Erin Patterson to appeal convictions; PNG’s defence treaty with Australia; and Nirvana’s legal win

Patterson’s barrister Richard Edney confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to appeal convictions

Triple-murderer Erin Patterson has formally indicated she will appeal her convictions after she was found guilty of serving a deadly mushroom lunch.

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'Naive' refugee pressured child into sexually abusive bond

Assaults took place in various locations around Canberra.

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Rebecca Payne sentenced to 16 years' jail for murdering husband with drug-laced biscuits

A Supreme Court justice concludes Rebecca Payne suffered more than a decade of "abhorrent" abuse from her husband but there was "no legal justification" for the killing.

ABC News

Rebecca Payne faces pre-sentence hearing for murdering her husband with drug-laced biscuits at Walpeup

A court has heard Walpeup man Noel Payne was violent and abusive towards his wife and another woman who lived at his property before he was murdered in 2020. His wife Rebecca Payne is to be sentenced for his murder.

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Mercy plea after woman killed violent, abusive husband

A Victorian woman subjected to reprehensible violence at the hands of the husband she later killed should be shown mercy, her lawyer has argued.

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Teenager jailed for two years over manslaughter of 15yo Solomone Taufeulungaki

A teenager who fatally stabbed 15-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki and bragged about it to impress gang members is jailed.

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