Erin Patterson loses bid to overturn mushroom murder convictions as harsher sentence imposed
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#79DP6)
Victorian court of appeal rules Patterson should be jailed for life with no parole over deadly lunch that killed three people
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Erin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her convictions and been resentenced to life behind bars with no chance of release, as Victoria's highest court handed down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.
The court of appeal ruled on the two appeals on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August.
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