Erin Patterson plea hearing live updates: mushroom murder cook faces victims' families in pre-sentence hearing – latest news

Published on August 25, 2025 at 04:43 AM
Erin Patterson plea hearing live updates: mushroom murder cook faces victims' families in pre-sentence hearing – latest news

Two-day pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court comes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder on 7 July

Court hears statement from sister of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson

Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC is reading a victim impact statement on behalf of Lynette Young, the sister of Gail and Heather. She says:

I’m just so angry and so sad that my people are not here to be the loving parents and grandparents that they always were.

She was more concerned about our own family, our work, our kids, than she was about her own sudden and unexpected health crisis …

I miss her daily and life feels less bright without her.

The world seems colder and harsher knowing this.

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