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Australia’s mushroom murderer Erin Patterson intends to appeal against her conviction, her lawyer has told a court in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Earlier last month, Patterson was sentenced to life in jail after a jury found her guilty of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another by serving them a toxic beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms. <\/p>\n
She maintained her innocence during the 11-week long trial, claiming that the disastrous meal had been an accident.<\/p>\n
No details of the proposed grounds for appeal were given during Thursday’s brief administrative hearing, and the appeal has not yet been formally lodged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
An appeal is not an automatic right – her legal team must convince the appeal court in the state of Victoria that there were legal errors and that they should hear the appeal.<\/p>\n
Patterson was sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of release for at least 33 years.<\/p>\n
The jail term, one of the longest ever handed to a female offender in Australia, means Erin Patterson, who turned 51 this week, will be in her 80s before she can apply for parole.<\/p>\n
Patterson killed her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, after serving them a toxic beef Wellington at her home in Victoria in 2023.<\/p>\n
Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson, a local pastor, survived the lunch after recovering from a coma and has ongoing health issues related to the poisoning.<\/p>\n
The case sent shock waves through the small town<\/a> of Korumburra, where the Pattersons and Wilkinsons lived.<\/p>\n