Erin Patterson's appeal against her life sentence for poisoning three people with mushroom-laced beef Wellington is a high-profile legal test of Australia's justice system.
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Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison for killing three people, including her in-laws, who fell ill and died after a lunch of beef Wellington in 2023.
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Erin Patterson's appeal determines whether she faces a retrial or a life sentence without parole in the high-profile Australian mushroom triple-murder case.