Erin Patterson’s pre-sentencing hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria

Sophie Stafford, Ophelia Holloway and Colin Mandy, the legal defence team for Erin Patterson, an Australian woman convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, walk as they arrive for Patterson’s pre-sentencing hearing, at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake