Patterson watched on, clad in prison-issued blue, as Victoria’s highest court rejected her appeal against her murder convictions

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Erin Patterson raised her chin and stared out on the brilliant blue promise of a mid-spring morning.

To the east, Victoria’s grandest court room was filled with people she had brought together, yet she was there only on a screen.