The sentencing of convicted mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is being broadcast live across the country.

But it's not the first time TV cameras have been allowed in the courtroom. So how did Justice Beale arrive at this decision? 

And in headlines today The community in Melbourne’s outer northwest remains in fear with multiple perpetrators still on the run after the fatal knife attack of two young boys aged 15 and 12; Erin Patterson’s lawyers have urged justice Christopher Beale to show her mercy and give her a chance to be released back into the community, she will be sentenced today; Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson will be farewelled at a funeral at the Victoria Police Academy today; US President Donald Trump has posted an AI generated image of himself in the likeness of a character from the movie Apocalypse Now, but instead of the backdrop of Vietnam, it’s the Chicago skyline; Kristen Cabot, the woman at the centre of the Coldplay crowd cam incident that exposed her affair with her married colleague, has filed for divorce from her husband; Icon, Dame Julie Andrews has won an Emmy for her voice only performance as Lady Whisteldown in Bridgerton at the 77th Creative Arts Emmy Awards in LA

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