Victorian Court of Appeal denies release for Erin Patterson
What happened
The Victoria state Court of Appeal, presided over by a panel of three judges, has ordered that Erin Patterson never be released from prison.
An Australian judge dismissed Patterson's appeal against her convictions for three poisoning murders and imposed a heavier prison sentence.
Why it matters
The court's decision to deny future release and increase the sentence ensures that Patterson will remain incarcerated for the duration of her life, following her conviction for the "cold and calculated" poisoning of four relatives.
Context
The Supreme Court of Victoria delivered its judgment on the appeals on 30 October 2026.
Patterson was originally sentenced in September 2025 to life imprisonment with a 33-year non-parole period after being convicted of murdering three relatives and injuring a fourth by serving them beef wellingtons containing toxic death cap mushrooms in July 2023.
Sources 4 sources
This briefing cites 2 publishers across 2 detected independent reporting streams. Some cited articles appear to be syndicated or near-duplicate coverage, so they are not counted as separate corroboration.
- Chronicle Online Australian court orders Erin Patterson never to be released from prison for mushroom poisonings Detected as syndicated or near-duplicate coverage.
- The Standard 英文虎報 Judge throws out Australian mushroom killer's appeal, imposes harsher sentence
- Wikipedia Leongatha mushroom murders Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Supremecourt supremecourt.vic.gov.au Official source