澳大利亚“毒蘑菇杀手”艾琳·帕特森在维多利亚州上诉法院挑战其谋杀定罪的努力宣告失败。现年52岁的帕特森于2023年因在牛肉惠灵顿中投放致命鹅膏菌毒害亲属，被判谋杀三人及谋杀未遂一人 1。周五，维多利亚州上诉法院驳回了帕特森针对定罪提出的全部七项上诉理由 1。
尽管定罪得以维持，但量刑发生了重大变化。法院推翻了原审判决中的33年不得假释期，改判为终身监禁且不得假释（whole life sentence）1。斯蒂芬·麦克莱什法官在裁决中表示：“我们得出的结论是，该案涉及如此令人震惊的犯罪行为，以至于设定不得假释期是不合适的。” 1 这一决定意味着她将在监狱中度过余生，没有获得假释的机会。
案件受害者包括唐和盖尔·帕特森夫妇以及希瑟·威尔金森，三人均因中毒身亡 1。希瑟的丈夫伊恩·威尔金森虽然幸存，但留下了健康后遗症 1。根据法院裁定，帕特森有28天时间决定是否向澳大利亚高等法院提起进一步上诉 1。
Erin Patterson, a 52-year-old woman convicted of poisoning relatives with fatal mushrooms, has lost her appeal against her murder convictions in the Victorian Court of Appeal. 1 The court dismissed all seven grounds of her challenge on Friday, ruling to uphold the guilty verdicts for three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder stemming from the 2023 incident where she laced a beef Wellington dish with deadly amanita phalloides mushrooms. 1
In a significant shift from the original sentencing, the appellate judges replaced the initial 33-year non-parole period with a whole life sentence, meaning Patterson will never be eligible for release. 1 Justice Stephen Macleish stated that setting a non-parole period was inappropriate given the "shocking criminality" involved in the case, which he characterized as extremely cold-blooded and premeditated. 1 The victims included Don and Gail Patterson, along with Heather Wilkinson; Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, survived the poisoning but suffered lasting health consequences. 1
Patterson now has a 28-day window to decide whether to seek further leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia. 1
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