Erin Patterson plea hearing live updates: mushroom murder cook faces victims' families in pre-sentence hearing – latest news

<p>Two-day pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court comes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder on 7 July</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Court hears statement from sister of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson</strong></p><p>Prosecutor <strong>Nanette Rogers SC</strong> is reading a victim impact statement on behalf of <strong>Lynette Young</strong>, the sister of <strong>Gail</strong> and <strong>Heather</strong>. She says:</p><p>I’m just so angry and so sad that my people are not here to be the loving parents and grandparents that they always were.</p><p>She was more concerned about our own family, our work, our kids, than she was about her own sudden and unexpected health crisis …</p><p>I miss her daily and life feels less bright without her.</p><p>The world seems colder and harsher knowing this.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/25/erin-patterson-live-updates-mushroom-murder-victim-impact-statements-plea-hearing-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>