The Director of Public Prosecutions will appeal the sentence handed down to mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson.

On Monday, a spokesperson for the DPP confirmed it had filed an application to appeal Patterson’s sentence on the basis the term of life with a non-parole period of 33 years was “manifestly inadequate”.

On September 8, Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale sentenced Patterson to a term of life, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for the murder of her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson.

At the time, Beale resisted calls from the prosecution to jail Patterson for life with no prospect of parole, telling the court her case was so infamous she was likely to remain in restricted conditions in custody.

He also told Patterson he had no hesita

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