Patterson won't be in court today

Simon AtkinsonAustralia producer Erin Patterson was ever-present during her trial last year in Morwell – either quietly sitting in the dock or answering questions in the witness stand. She was also there in person in Melbourne to hear those affected by her crimes talk about their devastating impact. But Patterson, who turns 52 next month, is not in the room for this appeal. Instead she’s watching via video link from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a maximum-security women's prison in the western