‘Ridiculous’ to suggest police deliberately avoided legal advice on informer Gobbo

‘Ridiculous’ to suggest police deliberately avoided legal advice on informer Gobbo

A police handler of Nicola Gobbo has told a court police knew there was a real risk their use of a lawyer as a source would come under extreme scrutiny.

  • byDavid Estcourt

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Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel

Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel

In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial,fleeing to Greece,his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel says Gobbo told him to flee pending murder charges

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel says Gobbo told him to flee pending murder charges

For the first time in more than a decade,former drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has spoken in public,at a trial for his appeal after the Lawyer X scandal.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Tony Mokbel was a major drug trafficker. But was it a fair cop?
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Tony Mokbel was a major drug trafficker. But was it a fair cop?

No one (least of all Tony) is suggesting he wasn’t a major drug trafficker but rather that some of the evidence showing he trafficked drugs had been unfairly gathered.

  • byJohn Silvester
Gobbo seeking millions in secret lawsuit against Victoria Police

Gobbo seeking millions in secret lawsuit against Victoria Police

Documents released by the Supreme Court reveal barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo has launched a lawsuit against Victoria Police,and alleges the force ruined her life and put her safety at risk.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
‘Nobody’s willing to act’:Andrews under fire as Lawyer X saga folds

‘Nobody’s willing to act’:Andrews under fire as Lawyer X saga folds

Integrity expert Geoffrey Watson,SC,said those responsible for the Lawyer X saga may never be brought to justice while Daniel Andrews leads Victoria.

  • byBianca Hall andBroede Carmody
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Lawyer X saga fizzles out with no police officers charged
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Lawyer X saga fizzles out with no police officers charged

The scrapping of the office of the special investigator probing the unlawful decision to use lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a secret informant against her own clients puts an ends to the $120 million legal scandal.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andBroede Carmody
Know when to fold ’em:Gobbo inquiry gamble now over
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Know when to fold ’em:Gobbo inquiry gamble now over

Where do you want to go next? The AFL tribunal? Judge Judy? Utopia?

  • byJohn Silvester
Nettle comes out stinging,but Gobbo is a case of no case
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Nettle comes out stinging,but Gobbo is a case of no case

Truth is,the woman known as Lawyer X and Informer 3838 has sung more often than Nellie Melba. And that would always have hurt any case against Victoria Police.

  • byJohn Silvester
Top legal minds urge DPP to let jury decide Gobbo and police guilt

Top legal minds urge DPP to let jury decide Gobbo and police guilt

Senior members of Victoria’s legal community have expressed dismay and confusion over the decision of the state’s top prosecutor not to bring charges against police over the Lawyer X scandal.

  • byDavid Estcourt andChris Vedelago
Nicola Gobbo was prepared to plead guilty,testify against police

Nicola Gobbo was prepared to plead guilty,testify against police

Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has refused to charge police implicated in the Lawyer X scandal,despite recommendations from a special investigator.

  • byChip Le Grand,David Estcourt,Broede Carmody andRachel Eddie