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Erin Patterson mushroom murder case and appeal
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 30
OCT 30 · Day 1
Australian court rejects Erin Patterson's appeal in mushroom murder case
Patterson is only the second woman in Australia to be imprisoned for life without possibility of parole.
The first woman in Australia imprisoned for life without parole was Katherine Knight, sentenced in New South Wales in 2001 for the murder of her partner John Price.
Justice Stephen McLeish spoke on behalf of the three-judge panel.