Donna Demaio: Australian Correspondent on the latest in the Erin Patterson murder case

Australia's mushroom murder case will be heading back to court. 

Prosecutors have launched an appeal over the length of Erin Patterson's sentence. 

This follows her triple convictions – convictions her lawyer confirmed last week he intends to appeal. 

Melbourne correspondent Donna Demaio told Ryan Bridge the Crown intends to argue her sentence is "manifestly inadequate". 

Patterson was spared the harshest penalty available – a life sentence with no parole. 

She was instead sentenced to life in prison with a 33-year non-parole period, meaning she could be freed when she's 82 years old. 

Patterson's lawyer is yet to outline the grounds for her appeal. 

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Episode Transcript

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Done into my own Australia on a good morning, Good
morning to you. Tell us about this defense treaty with PMNG. Well,
it is a landmark mutual defense pact and it could
see troops deployed to PNG if it is attacked. And
we know that d Anthony Alberonizi, our Prime Minister, and
his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Murruppi linked this landmark

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packed in Canberra and they say that, well, we heard
from both of them. Of course, he said that it
was committing Australia to securing and shaping our future together.
The treaty elevates the relationship between the two nations to
the status of an alliance, and it's the first such
agreement in more than seventy years, and as we know,

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only the third in Australia's history. And the PM says
it's a great honor that our nearest neighbor is our
newest ally and of course mister Mraupi also echoed that sentiment. Interestingly,
there were a few extra words from the PM. Both
the nations have also agreed not to undertake any activities
or enter into any agreements that would compromise the implementation

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of this treaty. Do you think that's a thinly veiled
nod too, referencing maybe China? I'm not sure. Possibly, Hey,
very quickly, who's appealing against the sentence for the mushroom killer?
M okay? Prosecutors have today, oh sorry, yesterday lodged an
appeal against Aaron Patterson's sentence. Now we know she was
sentenced to life in prison with a non parole period

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of thirty three years for killing three relatives with beef
Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, and there was the
attempted murder charge for a fourth and she was also
found guilty there. So last week Pattison's legal team announced
it would appeal her conviction. Now the grounds for that
appeal have not been outlined as yet, but then we
heard from prosecutors and they've lodged their appeal. It's been

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filed on the basis that the sentence is considered manifestly
inadequate by the prose prosecutors. Now we know that she
was spared the harshest penalty, which is life sentence no parole,
but as its staff, she could be freed by twenty
fifty six, when she'll be eighty two years old and
I thank you done tomorrow our Australia correspondent. For more
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