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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her convictions but she has been given an extra 28 days to file the paperwork.

Patterson’s appeal period was due to expire at 11.59pm on Monday but her new barrister Richard Edney today applied in the Victorian Supreme Court for an extension.

Justice Christopher Beale granted the application, noting the court’s new practice note where appeal extensions are automatically granted if only an additional 28 days are sought.

Erin Patterson
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her convictions but she has been given an extra 28 days to file the paperwork. (Martin Keep AFP)

While the paperwork is yet to be filed, Edney indicated to the court that Patterson would be lodging an appeal against her murder and attempted murder convictions.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is yet to decide whether it will appeal Patterson’s sentence, a spokeswoman confirmed.

Patterson was jailed for life in September with a non-parole period of 33 years after she was found guilty of killing her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is yet to decide whether it will appeal Patterson’s sentence. (AAP)

The jury found she deliberately served beef Wellingtons that were laced with death cap mushrooms to her lunch guests in July 2023.

Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson also ate the meal and fell seriously ill but survived.

Patterson, who this week celebrated her 51st birthday in custody, has always maintained her innocence and claimed it was a terrible accident.

Erin Patterson, ex-daughter-in-law of Korumburra wild mushroom poisoning victims Don and Gail Patterson.
The jury found she deliberately served beef Wellingtons that were laced with death cap mushrooms to her lunch guests in July 2023. (Marta Pascual Juanola)

Barrister Colin Mandy SC represented Patterson during her triple-murder trial but Edney will be the one to lead the fight to quash her convictions in the Victorian Court of Appeal.

Edney previously represented Rebecca Payne, who was convicted of murdering her abusive husband by feeding him drug-laced biscuits and locking him in a freezer.

Payne was originally jailed for 16 years but successfully reduced her sentence on appeal down to 12 years.

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