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The Guardian mentioned it first (Oct 27, 2026, 9:42 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 46 hours later, least biased outlets 2 days later.
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7 articles mention Erin Patterson in the last 7 days (Oct 24 to Oct 30).
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| The Guardian | Erin Patterson began the day with hope. Now Australia’s mushroom murderer knows she’s likely to die in jailThe Guardian Patterson watched on, clad in prison-issued blue, as Victoria’s highest court rejected her appeal against her murder convictions Erin Patterson to die in prison after losing bid to overturn mushroom murder convictions Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Erin Patterson raised her chin and stared out on the brilliant blue promise of a mid-spring morning. To the east, Victoria’s grandest court room was filled with people she had brought together, yet she was there only on a screen. Continue reading... | 0.90● | |
| UPI | Australian mushroom murderer to spend rest of her life in prisonUPI An Australian appeals court ruled Erin Patterson, convicted of killing three people with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms, will die in prison. | 0.90 | |
| The Guardian | Erin Patterson loses bid to overturn triple-murder convictions – as it happenedThe Guardian This blog is now closed. Read our full report here: Erin Patterson loses appeal as harsher sentence imposed Patterson showed no emotion on the video feed as McLeish outlined why her appeal had failed, and how the director of public prosecutions had succeeded in seeking a longer sentence. Patterson’s actions mean it is ‘inappropriate’ to fix non-parole period, justice says The applicant’s murderous intent dated back to the invitations to lunch, it persisted through the lunch that the poison was administered … We have concluded that the case involved such calculated criminality that it is inappropriate to fix a non-parole period. Continue reading... | 1.00● | |
| The New York Times | Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders CaseThe New York Times Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over deadly beef Wellington lunch. | 0.90● | |
| The Washington Times | Australian court orders Erin Patterson never to be released for death cap mushroom poisoningsThe Washington Times An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered Erin Patterson to never be released from prison after agreeing with prosecutors that her 33-year, non-parole period for poisoning four of her estranged husband's relatives with death cap mushrooms was inadequate. | 0.90● | |
| The Guardian | Erin Patterson to learn fate in appeal against mushroom murders convictionsThe Guardian Victorian court of appeal to hand down judgment on triple-murderer’s conviction and sentence after her lawyers argued she was denied fair trial Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The decision in Erin Patterson’s appeal against her triple murder conviction will be handed down on Friday, with Victoria’s highest court also set to rule on whether she could face more time in prison . The court of appeal will rule on the two appeals from 10am on Friday, after hearing arguments in August . Continue reading... | 0.80● | |
| The Guardian | Mushroom Murders: Melanie Lynskey to star as Erin Patterson in new limited seriesThe Guardian Emmy-nominated actor is also executive producer of the Paramount+ series, which will dramatise the Australian true crime case The Emmy-nominated New Zealand actor Melanie Lynskey has been cast as triple murderer Erin Patterson in a new limited series titled Mushroom Murders: There’s More to Unearth, which will premiere on Paramount+ in 2027. The series follows the 97 days between the notorious 2023 lunch – at which Patterson allegedly served toxic death cap mushrooms to her estranged in-laws, hidden in individual serves of beef wellington – and her arrest. Continue reading... | 0.70● |
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| The New York Times | 0.4% | 1 | 274 |
| The Guardian | 0.7% | 4 | 595 |
| UPI | 0.8% | 1 | 133 |
| The Washington Times | 0.3% | 1 | 351 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning2 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
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