# Erin Patterson says juror hotel arrangement was a ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice

https://mins.news/en/item/25715

- The Guardian, 2026-08-19 03:37 UTC
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- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/19/erin-patterson-mushroom-murders-appeal-jurors-catastrophic-failure-of-justice-ntwnfb

> Erin Patterson’s lawyers told Victoria’s court of appeal that jurors staying at the same hotel as police and prosecutors while deliberating over her triple-murder verdict denied her a fair trial. Patterson is appealing her convictions, while the state’s director of public prosecutions is challenging her sentence as manifestly inadequate.

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