‘Black widow’ murderer Patricia Byers appeals against South Australian Parole Board decision denying prison release

A Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on whether to release notorious killer Patricia Byers, known as the Black Widow.

Byers is serving a life sentence for murdering her former partner, Carel Gottgens, in Queensland in 1990.

His body was never found and Byers claimed at trial he was still alive and living in Thailand.

She was also convicted of attempting to murder another partner who survived being shot in the head in 1993, also in Queensland.

While investigating that case, police delved deeper into the disappearance of Mr Gottgens three years earlier.

Byers, who is now in her…