# Erin Patterson fails to overturn conviction in deadly mushroom case

https://mins.news/en/item/121841

- CNN, 2026-10-30 03:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/29/australia/australia-mushroom-patterson-appeal-ruling-intl-hnk?Date=20261030&Profile=CNN

> Erin Patterson, convicted of killing three people with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms, has failed in her appeal to overturn the conviction. The appeals court said her original sentence was too light for crimes it described as “cold and calculated.”

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