# Erin Patterson to learn outcome of appeal against mushroom murders convictions

https://mins.news/en/item/118462

- The Guardian, 2026-10-28 04:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/28/erin-patterson-to-learn-fate-appeal-mushroom-murders-convictions-ntwnfb

> Victoria’s Court of Appeal is due to rule on Erin Patterson’s challenges to her triple-murder convictions and sentence. Her lawyers argued that jurors staying at the same hotel as police and prosecutors while deliberating amounted to a “catastrophic” failure of justice.

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