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Erin Patterson: Mushroom Murder Convict Appeals Life Sentence

Erin Patterson: Mushroom Murder Convict Appeals Life Sentence

November 3, 2025 10:43 am

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman convicted of killing three relatives with a toxic mushroom meal, has formally appealed her life sentence, one of the longest ever given to a female offender in the country.

The 51-year-old lodged her appeal on Monday after Victoria’s Court of Appeal granted permission for her legal team to challenge the convictions. The court’s approval came weeks after prosecutors also sought to appeal her sentence, arguing it was “manifestly inadequate.”

Patterson was convicted in July 2024 of murdering her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66. She was also …

Bolsonaro Appeal 27-year Sentence Filed Against Coup Conviction

Bolsonaro Appeal 27-year Sentence Filed Against Coup Conviction

October 28, 2025 6:22 am

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday submitted an 85-page appeal to the country’s Supreme Court seeking review of his 27-year prison sentence, handed down in September for his role in a failed coup attempt following his 2022 electoral defeat. 

The appeal motion asks the Supreme Court to revisit aspects of Bolsonaro’s conviction, including the cumulative prison term, while not specifying the exact reduction while seeking “clarification or review of specific parts of the conviction.”

Bolsonaro was convicted by a five-judge panel last month of five crimes including leading an armed criminal organisation, attempting to violently abolish democracy …

Kanu Appeal Court Orders Transmission Of Records To S'Court

Kanu: Appeal Court Orders Transmission Of Records To S’Court

October 29, 2022 6:01 am

The Court of Appeal has charged the Supreme Court an expeditious hearing in the Federal Government’s appeal against its judgment that discharged Nnamdi Kanu from the charges brought against him by the Federal reserve bothering on terrorism.

To this end, the Appellate Court on Friday ordered its own Registry to compile and transmit to the Supreme Court within seven days the record of appeal in respect of the judgment delivered on October 13.

The Appellate Court in a ruling on Friday in Abuja also ordered that counsel for the parties, (Kanu and Federal Government) are to settle the records immediately …

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab A. Bulkachuwa,

Why We Are Building More Appeal Courts – Bulkachuwa

February 10, 2020 11:32 am

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab A. Bulkachuwa, has said that in order to ensure quick dispensations of justice, the idea for the creation of more Court of Appeal was adopted.

She said the expansion of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal across Nigeria was aimed at ensuring easy access to justice everywhere.

Bulkachuwa who was speaking in Kano on Monday while commissioning the newly constructed division of the court in the state, said the newly created division of the Appeal Court across the country will curtail the frustrations litigants encounter while trying to exhaust their rights to

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Tottenham Fail With Appeal Against Son Red Card

December 24, 2019 4:12 pm

Tottenham Hotspur have failed with their appeal against Son Heung-min’s red card, the Football Association announced Tuesday.

The South Korean winger saw red in the second half of Spurs’ 2-0 loss at home to Chelsea in a spiteful London derby on Sunday after VAR confirmed he had kicked out at Blues defender Antonio Rudiger after being fouled.

Tottenham launched an appeal but the FA upheld his red card, meaning Son will now serve a three-game ban ruling him out of the matches at home to Brighton on Boxing Day, and at Norwich and Southampton on Saturday and New Year’s Day …

Mourinho Confirm Tottenham Appeal Against Wrong Red For Son

December 23, 2019 5:17 pm

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho said Son Heung-min had suffered enough as he confirmed the club would appeal against the red card the South Korean received against Chelsea.

Son was dismissed in the second half of Spurs’ 2-0 loss at home to their London rivals on Sunday after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed he had kicked out at Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger — an incident that led to the alleged racist abuse of the Germany international.

Anthony Talor, the on-field referee, did not punish Son, but a VAR check saw the player ruled guilty of violent conduct, prompting a …

Appeal Court Disposes 805 Cases On 2019 Elections

December 13, 2019 6:29 am

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa has revealed that 805 cases that emanated from the 2019 general elections has been successfully disposed off by the appellate court.

Justice Bulkachuwa said the appeals arose from the various petitions filed by aggrieved contestants against the results declared in the general elections.

Speaking at the 2019 annual conference of the Appeal Court justices held in Abuja, yesterday, Justice Bulkachuwa showered encomiums on his colleagues on the Appeal Court bench for their hard work and resilient during adjudications of the election cases.

The Appeal Court president at the conference attended …

Zuma

South Africa Court Rejects Zuma Appeal To Prevent Trial

November 29, 2019 11:30 am

A South African court on Friday rejected an appeal by former President Jacob Zuma that sought to prevent his prosecution on corruption charges over a 2 billion dollars arms deal.

The ruling paves the way for Zuma’s long-awaited trial to start in Feb. 2020.

Zuma, in office from 2009 to 2018, had previously applied for a permanent stay of prosecution on 18 charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering relating to an arms deal with French defense firm Thales in the 1990s.

In mid-October, the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed an application by Zuma and Thales for a permanent stay of

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Death

Australian Gran Wins Malaysia Death Sentence Appeal

November 27, 2019 2:50 pm

An Australian grandmother who claimed she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam Tuesday won her final appeal against the death penalty and will be freed.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying.

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She was initially cleared of trafficking after a judge ruled in 2017 she did not know she was transporting the drugs, but the acquittal …

Now That The Appeal Court Has Affirmed Ganduje’s Victory

November 25, 2019 6:13 am

When on Friday, November 22, the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna affirmed the verdict of Kano state governorship election Tribunal which on October 2, validated the re-election of Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the news did not come to many as a surprise. In fact, before I set out for Kaduna to witness the verdict, I was fully convinced that victory would come our way, having witnessed all the Tribunal proceedings in Kano as well as the meticulous manner which the chairperson of the Tribunal, Justice Halima Shamaki and her team delivered justice.

In the article …

Appeal Court Upholds Ganduje’s Election

November 22, 2019 5:25 pm
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Friday upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State.
The court ruled that the appeal filed by Abba Kabiru Yusuf and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacks merit.

The five-man panel of Appeal Court Judges led by Justice Tijjani Abubakar unanimously dismissed the appeal in its entirety and affirmed that Governor Ganduje was elected by the majority of Kano voters.

Meanwhile, counsel to the appellants, the PDP and Abba Kabiru Yusuf, Bashir Yusuf

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Court

Appeal Court Sacks Two PDP Lawmakers

November 20, 2019 7:00 am

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna, on Tuesday sacked two Kaduna State House of Assembly members.

The appellate court ordered that a rerun be conducted by INEC to determine who will represent Kagarko and Sanga constituencies in the state assembly.

In Kagarko, the appellate court ordered for a rerun in 22 polling units located in two wards of the constituency.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna, on Tuesday sacked two Kaduna State House of Assembly members.

The appellate court ordered that a rerun be conducted by INEC

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