'Cold and calculated': Mushroom killer loses appeal, likely to die in prison

<p>Australia’s infamous mushroom killer cook Erin Patterson will never be released from prison, after a ruling from Victoria’s Court of Appeal set aside her non-parole period of 33 years.</p> <p>The appeal decision was handed down in the Supreme Court in Melbourne this morning. Justice Peter Kidd told the court "the nature of appellant's offences makes the fixing of a non-parole period inappropriate".</p> <p><b></b><a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/player/newsclip/mushroom-murder-outcome-of-erin-pattersons-appeal-bid-revealed" target="_blank"><b>Mushroom murder: Outcome of Erin Patterson’s appeal bid revealed - Watch on TVNZ+</b></a></p> <p>Last year Patterson was sentenced to <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/08/mushroom-killer-erin-patterson-jailed-for-life-33-year-non-parole-period/" target="_blank">at least 33 years behind bars</a> for murdering three lunch guests and trying to kill a fourth with poisonous mushrooms in 2023.</p> <p>The victims, her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather, had been invited to lunch at Patterson’s rural Victoria home, where she served them death cap mushrooms inside a dish of beef wellington.</p> <p>Heather’s husband Ian was also there, and…