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Will Erin Patterson ever walk free again?
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Judges in Melbourne have dismissed Erin Patterson's appeal against her conviction over a lunch she served in Morwell. A jury found her guilty of three murders and one attempted murder, and the judges have made her sentence harsher.
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The original sentence allowed parole after 33 years. Now that period has been removed entirely, so she will remain in prison for the rest of her life.
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Justice Stephen McLeish, speaking for the panel, said: We have concluded that the case involved such shocking criminality that it is inappropriate to fix a non-parole period.
“We have concluded that the case involved such shocking criminality that it is inappropriate to fix a non-parole period.”
Patterson now has 28 days to decide whether to take the case to the High Court of Australia.
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