Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson claims she was a victim of

Convicted Australian murderer Erin Patterson alleges a ‘substantial miscarriage of justice’ occurred when she was convicted of killing three people with toxic mushroomscourt documents made public Wednesday show.

Patterson, 51, was handed life sentence with parole this year for serving beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms to her ex-husband’s parents, aunt and uncle during a lunch at her home in 2023, killing three of them.

Local media, including national broadcaster ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald, reported on Monday that Patterson’s attempt to appeal his guilty verdicts had been submitted and accepted by the Court of Appeal.

However, the Victorian state Court of Appeal said on Wednesday that while his appeal had been lodged, it had not yet been accepted.

In a document outlining the grounds for his appeal, Patterson’s attorney alleged that several counts of “substantial miscarriage of justice” occurred during his trial, sparking a global media frenzy.

They said a “fundamental irregularity” had occurred during jury seclusion that “fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts,” without elaborating.

But local media, citing the court, said jurors were housed in the same hotel as police and prosecutors for most of their deliberations, according to the Reuters news service.

Patterson’s attorney also accused prosecutors of conducting “unfair and oppressive” cross-examination during the trial.

And his lawyer said the evidence presented and accepted by the judge was not relevant to his case, while other evidence was not admitted but should have been admitted.

He also requested not to be physically present in court in case an oral hearing was held on his case.

Patterson was sentenced in September and a judge said she would be eligible for parole after 33 years.

Since then, the prosecution appealed what he called a “manifestly inadequate” sentence.

Throughout an ordeal that lasted more than two months, Patterson maintained that the meat and pastry dish he served was accidentally poisoned with death mushrooms, the world’s deadliest fungus.

But a 12-person jury found Patterson guilty in July of murdering her husband Simon’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, as well as her aunt Heather Wilkinson, at their home in Leongatha, Victoria state.

She was also convicted of attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband.

In a victim impact statement at Patterson’s sentencing hearing, Ian Wilkinson, a Baptist pastor, He said he only felt “half alive” without her..