澳大利亚维多利亚州上诉法院于周五驳回“蘑菇谋杀案”被告艾琳·帕特森（Erin Patterson）的上诉请求，并维持其有罪判决 1。法院同时支持公诉人主任提出的另一项上诉，撤销了原审中设定的33年非假释期，最终裁定帕特森将在监狱度过余生，永远失去获得假释的机会 1。
该案件源于2023年7月在Leongatha发生的一起震惊全国的投毒事件，受害者包括唐·帕特森（Don Patterson）、盖尔·帕特森（Gail Patterson）以及希瑟·威尔金森（Heather Wilkinson），三人均死于含有致命鹅膏菌（death cap mushrooms）的惠灵顿牛排 1。幸存者伊恩·威尔金森（Ian Wilkinson）是希瑟的丈夫，他在医院接受了近两个月的治疗，在器官严重受损后康复 1。由Supreme Court法官Christopher Beale主持的原审判曾于2025年9月判处帕特森终身监禁加33年非假释期，但辩护方以陪审团隔离不充分、交叉询问过于激进及控方改变动机指控为由提出的上诉理由未被采纳 1。
法官Stephen McLeish在裁决中指出，帕特森在事发前近三周内蓄意谋杀所有四名午餐客人，其行为是对大家庭成员信任的残酷背叛 1。
The Victorian Court of Appeal has rejected Erin Patterson’s bid to overturn her murder conviction, sentencing her to spend the remainder of her life in prison without any possibility of parole 1. While the court upheld the fairness of the original trial, it granted an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions that removed the 33-year non-parole period initially imposed by Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale in September 2025 1. Consequently, Patterson will now remain incarcerated for life, a decision reflecting the severity of her crimes against family members who trusted her during a fatal lunch gathering in July 2023 in Leongatha, Victoria 1.
Justice Stephen McLeish emphasized that Patterson had deliberately planned to kill all four guests at the meal over a period of nearly three weeks prior to the incident 1. He described her actions as a brutal betrayal of trust within the extended family 1. The victims included Don and Gail Patterson, both aged 70, and Heather Wilkinson, 66, who died after consuming beef Wellington laced with deadly death cap mushrooms 1. Although Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, survived the poisoning, he required nearly two months of hospital treatment and suffered significant organ damage before recovering 1. Defense arguments citing inadequate jury isolation, aggressive cross-examination, and changes to prosecution motives were ultimately dismissed by the appellate judges 1.
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