Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson loses appeal to overturn convictions – watch live

Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction argues that she did not receive a fair trial.

First, his legal team claims there is evidence that jurors should never have seen because it was irrelevant and prejudicial. They included cellphone tracking data suggesting she had traveled to areas with deadly mushrooms and Facebook messages in which she complained about her in-laws.

Patterson’s lawyers also argued that other evidence was wrongly excluded, such as photos that would have proven his longtime passion, mushroom picking.

The prosecution was also inconsistent in arguing a motive, Patterson’s team argued, starting the trial by saying she would not discuss a particular motive, but in her final speech implying there was a motive. The five days of cross-examination she endured were also “unjust and oppressive,” Patterson argued.

The most intriguing part of Patterson’s appeal revolves around an unusual incident that saw the jury – while deliberating the verdict – stay in the same hotel as members of the prosecution, a key police witness and the media.