On Wednesday, this masthead revealed that a new barrister was brought in to look at Patterson’s case.
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Patterson’s 28-day window to appeal ends at midnight on October 6, but the new procedural rule means this timeframe has now doubled.
The change came after members of the legal fraternity raised concerns about difficulties completing the necessary documentation before the deadline closed.
Edney is Patterson’s third barrister. She used Colin Mandy, SC, for her trial, and Phillip Dunn, KC, when she was charged.
On September 4, Patterson was sentenced to life in jail with a non-parole period of 33 years after a jury found her guilty of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson.
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The 51-year-old fed her lunch guests beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms at her home in July 2024.
The jury also found her guilty of attempting to murder the lunch’s sole survivor, Baptist pastor Ian Wilkinson.
Simon Patterson, the killer’s estranged husband, was also invited to lunch but cancelled the evening before.
Her sentence makes her one of Victoria’s longest-serving female inmates. She will have just turned 82 before she is granted the opportunity for freedom in 2056.
A spokeswoman for the Office of Public Prosecution said they were yet to decide if they would appeal Patterson’s sentence.
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