For the first time in Victorian judicial history, the Supreme Court will livestream a criminal sentencing when Justice Christopher Beale hands down Erin Patterson’s sentence on Monday, 8 September 2025. Only the judge will be shown on camera, and the vision will run on a short delay.
Patterson, 50, was found guilty in July of murdering three relatives — Don and Gail Patterson (both 70) and Heather Wilkinson (66) — and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson (68) after a family beef Wellington lunch at her Leongatha home on 29 July 2023. Ian Wilkinson survived after months in hospital.
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