Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to catastrophic failure of justice

Allowing jurors to stay in same hotel as police and prosecution denied Patterson a fair trial, lawyers tell Victorian court of appealLawyers for Erin Patterson have argued that allowing jurors to stay in the same hotel as police and the prosecution while they deliberated over their verdicts in the triple-murder trial represented a catastrophic failure of the justice system.On Wednesday, three judges of Victorias highest court started hearing two appeals - by Patterson herself and the states dire...