Overview

• Patterson was sentenced last week to life imprisonment with a 33-year minimum after convictions for three murders and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson.
• The Office of Public Prosecutions confirmed it is reviewing a challenge focused specifically on the non-parole period.
• Both the prosecution and the defence have 28 days from sentencing to file appeals, with the window closing on October 6.
• Crown lawyers had argued for life without parole, while Justice Christopher Beale set a 33-year minimum after finding the crimes were meticulously planned and showed no remorse.
• Any prosecution appeal would return the matter to the Court of Appeal, where such challenges succeed only if the original sentence is clearly unreasonable.