Afternoon Update: Mushroom murderer’s lawyers argue against convictions, Sydney Swans ‘ashamed’, and becoming an auntie

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It’s been more than a year since a Victorian jury found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives and attempting to murder a fourth at a beef wellington lunch.

Today, Patterson, 51, began an appeal against her convictions , while the DPP is appealing against the sentence handed down to her, arguing it is “manifestly inadequate”.

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