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Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case

Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over a deadly beef Wellington lunch.

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Erin Patterson leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in 2025.

Australian Murderer Has No Right to Vegemite, Court Says

A judge said that denying him the staple in prison restricted his cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.

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Andre McKechnie filed suit last year, arguing that the Vegemite ban in prisons in Victoria denied him his β€œculture as an Australian.”
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