Mushroom cook Erin Patterson reportedly given court permission to appeal guilty verdicts

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson will appeal her guilty verdicts after she was found to have deliberately poisoned three members of her estranged husband’s family and attempted to murder a fourth guest with the same meal.

Patterson, a 51-year-old mother-of-two, was handed a life sentence with a non-parole period of 33 years for the crimes in September.

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Following a mammoth 10-week trial, a jury found her guilty of deliberately poisoning her estranged husband’s parents Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, his aunt Heather Wilkinson, 66, and her husband Ian Wilkinson, 68, with a beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.

Only Ian survived the meal served at Patterson’s home in the Victorian town of Leongatha in July 2023.

With time served, Patterson will be eligible for parole in 2056, when she will be 82.

The Age reported on Monday that Patterson, who had pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, had received leave to challenge the findings by the Court of Appeal.

Her grounds for appeal have not yet been released.

Prosecutors have already filed to appeal Patterson’s minimum prison term, saying it is “manifestly inadequate” and a different sentence should be handed to her.

“The sentencing judge erred in finding that there was a ‘substantial chance’ the respondent would be held in ‘solitary confinement for years to come’,” Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Diana Piekusis, KC, said in appeal documents released to media in October.

The two appeals are reportedly expected to be heard together some time in 2026.