Erin Patterson appeal: Mushroom murderer’s trial undermined by hotel mix-up, court told0

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• August 19, 2026

During Wednesday’s hearing, the appeal judges heard that while deliberating their verdict, jurors stayed in the same hotel as members of the prosecution team, a key police witness, and journalists. Patterson’s barrister Richard Edney said this “catastrophic” situation had “undermined the integrity of the verdicts and requires the quashing of the convictions”. He said a