GUILTY Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 *Arrest* #18

[Monstradamus]

What!!!!!!

Shows she definitely knew what she was looking for, imo. Not an accident.

 

[SilentHill]

More likely she was looking for a new companion, imo

Oh, that's interesting!

 

[Tortoise]

Do you have a link to that? It was my understanding he never accepted.

This link has all of the photos and evidence pertaining to the case.

In pictures: All the evidence you haven’t seen from Erin Patterson’s trial

Text messages, expert analysis and photos shown throughout the mass murderer’s 10-week trial. Here are all the exhibits given to the jury in Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial.

7news.com.au

Erin initially asked them all to lunch a few weeks prior, and Simon declined the night before, it looks like. She tried very hard to talk him into it.

Edited to add:
She also reset Phone B on Wed 2/8 at 11.09am. Then turned up at the tip to dump the dehydrator 20 minutes later. The cover-up had begun.

Yeah, I don't read that as him initially saying yes. I read it as she tried very hard to persuade him, he never said yes, and she kept trying.

Post in thread 'Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023 #7 *Arrest*'

Apr 30, 2025

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-mushroom-cook/inside-the-courtroom-mushroom-cook-erin-patterson-faces-court-for-day-3-of-murder-trial/live-coverage/40468f819264499f33fcf34f1e0cec7b#/entry/31360378

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(Herald Sun link in post quoted above.)

 

[Marg944]

More likely she was looking for a new companion, imo

She is currently in the right place to make that choice…… there are 603 to choose from!

 

[Monstradamus]

She is currently in the right place to make that choice…… there are 603 to choose from!


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Erin Is The New Black
She can star in her own show

 

[Detechtive]

I have no doubt it will be Life Without Parole, 3 people died a horrendous death & very nearly another who went thru a horrendous time & no doubt will have ongoing health issues directly related to the harm caused by Erin Patterson!

I truly hope so. I was reading today about those in VIC with Life Without Parole. Of course I don't want to compare the cases per se, however, I know that Jill Meagher's killer got life without parole. SURELY Erin's crimes are equivalent at minimum. IMO

 

[JBowie]

Yes, but she only knew that because she was an unfit mother that had poisoned her kid's grandparents.

100%

 

[Susjay]

Erin Is The New Black
She can star in her own show

No, this woman is the not the new black, she’s rather the new lowest of the low. The biggest of the losers. I would prefer she has as little contact with as few people as possible (so she cannot hurt others) and that she is locked away and has zero access to internet or news. If I met her, I would say sorry who did you say you were?

 

[Susjay]

I truly hope so. I was reading today about those in VIC with Life Without Parole. Of course I don't want to compare the cases per se, however, I know that Jill Meagher's killer got life without parole. SURELY Erin's crimes are equivalent at minimum. IMO

Hoping no parole for 37 years.

 

[potr]

I truly hope so. I was reading today about those in VIC with Life Without Parole. Of course I don't want to compare the cases per se, however, I know that Jill Meagher's killer got life without parole. SURELY Erin's crimes are equivalent at minimum. IMO

but he didn't - he firstly got life with a chance of parole after 35 years - then after some other convictions tha non parole period was extended to 43 and then he appealed it and it was reduced to 40 years!
I can't think of anyone in victoria that was initially given life without parole - only after when they tried to apply, various governments passed retrospective laws to stop them - for instance julian knight and craig minogue.
Oh ok I finally found one Peter Dupas - who was found guilty and sentenced 3 times to life without parole.

 

[browneyes]

When is sentencing? Are victim impact statements allowed?

 

[Ellery84]

When is sentencing? Are victim impact statements allowed?

Maybe September? And yes I assume they would be. IMO

 

[MsMarple]

When is sentencing? Are victim impact statements allowed?

When will she be sentenced?​

A pre-sentence hearing is expected in early August, but no date has been set.

At that hearing, Justice Chrisopher Beale will determine the appropriate sentence for the offences Patterson committed.

Victim impact statements can be delivered before the sentence is pronounced, including from relatives and loved ones of the victims of a crime.

What happens next for Erin Patterson?

www.9news.com.au

I also read this in the article:

Patterson and her legal team have the option to appeal the verdict in the next 28 days, or to file for an appeal window extension.

Grounds for appeal include claims that the verdict was unreasonable, or that there were legal errors made in the trial.

An appeal can also be filed against the sentence ultimately imposed.

My bolding. How exactly does a judge determine an “unreasonable” verdict? Does that mean they disagree with the jurors?

 

[SouthAussie]

My bolding. How exactly does a judge determine an “unreasonable” verdict? Does that mean they disagree with the jurors?

Yes, I think that a High Court judge determines that a reasonable person would not have come to that same verdict based on the evidence presented.


The test for whether the verdict of a jury is unreasonable was set out by the Court in M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487: the question "which the court must ask itself is whether it thinks that upon the whole of the evidence it was open to the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was guilty".

https://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/hca-29-2023-10-11.pdf

 

[LinasK]

No, this woman is the not the new black, she’s rather the new lowest of the low. The biggest of the losers. I would prefer she has as little contact with as few people as possible (so she cannot hurt others) and that she is locked away and has zero access to internet or news. If I met her, I would say sorry who did you say you were?

I'd consider her a Black Widow of sorts... Simon would be dead if she'd had her way.

 

[LinasK]

When will she be sentenced?​

A pre-sentence hearing is expected in early August, but no date has been set.

At that hearing, Justice Chrisopher Beale will determine the appropriate sentence for the offences Patterson committed.

Victim impact statements can be delivered before the sentence is pronounced, including from relatives and loved ones of the victims of a crime.

What happens next for Erin Patterson?

www.9news.com.au

I also read this in the article:

Patterson and her legal team have the option to appeal the verdict in the next 28 days, or to file for an appeal window extension.

Grounds for appeal include claims that the verdict was unreasonable, or that there were legal errors made in the trial.

An appeal can also be filed against the sentence ultimately imposed.

My bolding. How exactly does a judge determine an “unreasonable” verdict? Does that mean they disagree with the jurors?

Erin would consider any verdict against her "Unreasonable". "I Disagree!"

 

[browneyes]

September is my birthday month. Happy Birthday to me.

 

[Detechtive]

September is my birthday month. Happy Birthday to me.

It's also Erin's birthday month.

 

[Detechtive]

but he didn't - he firstly got life with a chance of parole after 35 years - then after some other convictions tha non parole period was extended to 43 and then he appealed it and it was reduced to 40 years!
I can't think of anyone in victoria that was initially given life without parole - only after when they tried to apply, various governments passed retrospective laws to stop them - for instance julian knight and craig minogue.
Oh ok I finally found one Peter Dupas - who was found guilty and sentenced 3 times to life without parole.

Sorry, my mistake. These are the life without parole folks.

Name	Crime Type	Sentence
Peter Norris Dupas	Serial murder & rape	Life without parole (3×)
Paul Steven Haigh	Serial murder	Life without parole
John Leslie Coombes	Serial murder	Life without parole
Leslie Alfred Camilleri	Bega schoolgirl murders	Life without parole
Michael Cardamone	First-time murderer (2016)	Life without parole (2017)
Ray Edmunds, Ashley Coulston, Bandali Debs, Leigh Robinson, Stanley Taylor, Robert Lowe, Murray Perrier	Multiple murders	Life without parole

 

[Monstradamus]

Sorry, my mistake. These are the life without parole folks.

Name	Crime Type	Sentence
Peter Norris Dupas	Serial murder & rape	Life without parole (3×)
Paul Steven Haigh	Serial murder	Life without parole
John Leslie Coombes	Serial murder	Life without parole
Leslie Alfred Camilleri	Bega schoolgirl murders	Life without parole
Michael Cardamone	First-time murderer (2016)	Life without parole (2017)
Ray Edmunds, Ashley Coulston, Bandali Debs, Leigh Robinson, Stanley Taylor, Robert Lowe, Murray Perrier	Multiple murders	Life without parole

All men.
Time to set a new precedent.