Overview

• Patterson’s barrister, Richard Edney, told the Victorian Supreme Court there will be an appeal against conviction, with grounds yet to be filed.
• Justice Christopher Beale granted an extension under a new trial practice that effectively doubles the 28‑day filing window, with initial paperwork still required by the original deadline and a further 28 days to finalise the leave application.
• Patterson has reshaped her legal team for the appeal, adding Edney and prominent counsel Julian McMahon SC, while Doogue and George remain on the matter.
• The Office of Public Prosecutions has not announced whether it will challenge the 33‑year non‑parole period imposed as part of Patterson’s life sentence.
• The convictions stem from the 2023 Leongatha lunch where three relatives died after eating a beef Wellington containing death cap mushrooms, a case Patterson maintains was a tragic accident.