Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
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Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed
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Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington
McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument in its closing address that Patterson was not severely ill after the poisoned beef wellington lunch. Patterson’s lawyers have pointed to evidence heard in the trial, including testimony about her lowered potassium levels.
McWilliams says her potassium levels were “clinically noted” but she did not present as having death cap mushroom poisoning after the meal. He says:
Whatever it was that she presented to medical practitioners with, it was not death cap mushroom poisoning.
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