Melbourne, Oct 30, 2026 (AFP) - Judge throws out Australian mushroom killer's appeal, imposes harsher sentence

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Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson failed to overturn a slew of convictions on Friday, and a judge instead imposed a heavier prison sentence for three "cold and calculated" poisoning murders. Patterson was last year found guilty of murdering her husband's parents and aunt in 2023, deliberately lacing their beef Wellington lunch with lethal death cap mushrooms. The strange nature of the "mushroom murders" fuelled intense global interest, w......

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