Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed
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McWilliams has skipped ahead to Patterson’s fifth ground of appeal – the argument that her cross-examination was “oppressive” and “unfair”.
McWilliams says the argument is “unpersuasive”.
He says Patterson’s cross-examination by prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC was “fair”, “thorough” and conducted with the “overarching duty of fairness”.
McWilliams points to the testimony of witnesses, including Patterson’s son, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who told police he had never known his mother to pick mushrooms.
Continue reading...<small>Source: The Guardian — read the original story there.</small>
