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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Victoria Police and Nicola Gobbo formed 'joint criminal enterprise' to put Tony Mokbel behind bars, finds court

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Victoria Police officers and barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo formed a "joint criminal enterprise" in a bid to put notorious drug baron Tony Mokbel behind bars two decades ago, a court has found. Ms Gobbo secretly informed on gangland clients for years On Monday, she said she was "satisfied that the elements of a joint criminal enterprise to attempt to pervert the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Legal experts call for Lawyer X evidence to be referred to an interstate prosecutor

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Legal experts have called for the evidence collected by the special investigative office set up to investigate the Lawyer X scandal to be referred to an interstate prosecutor, saying lack of transparency could give rise to questions about perceived conflict of interest. Key points: Last month the special investigative office set up to build a criminal case against those in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Lawyers call for apology from Daniel Andrews following closure of Lawyer X Office of the Special Investigator

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Thirty-eight of Victoria's most eminent legal practitioners have signed a letter condemning the comments of Premier Daniel Andrews and calling for a public apology following the closure of the special investigative office set up to probe the Lawyer X scandal. Key points: Barristers have signed a letter calling for Daniel Andrews to retract his comments and publicly apologise to Geoffrey …

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4 years, 3 months ago

How ABC journalists found Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo in hiding and made Trace: The Informer podcast

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After the first season of the ABC's true-crime podcast Trace, which investigated the unsolved murder of Melbourne woman Maria James, reporter Rachael Brown was looking around for a subject for season two. "But in my heart, I was thinking it's never going to happen because I'd already tried for other ABC programs and hadn't heard back," she says. Finally, after …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Nicola Gobbo is ready to speak about one of Australia's most notorious unsolved murder cases

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Former barrister Nicola Gobbo believes she could help police solve one of the most notorious unsolved cases in Australian history. In a statement to police investigating the murders, tendered to the royal commission, Ms Gobbo said Mr Dale was desperate to find out if Terence Hodson had made a statement accusing him. Terence Hodson's secret informer file When homicide squad …

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4 years, 4 months ago

A gangland killer says his former lawyer Nicola Gobbo has more to fear from Victoria Police than the criminal underworld

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A convicted killer and former client of barrister turned informer Nicola Gobbo said many underworld players wish her harm but he's not one of them. Key points: A former client of Nicola Gobbo says she should be more fearful of vengeful police officers than the criminal underworld Ms Gobbo questions whether some prosecutors were told she was an informer Former …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Nicola Gobbo faces cross-examination at Lawyer X royal commission, as it happened

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Mr Nathwani kicks off his cross-examination by putting to Ms Gobbo that her former barrister colleague, Sharon Cure, has denied she ever mentioned that Ms Gobbo's name had come up in a brief on Carl Williams. When that's put to Ms Gobbo, she says her former colleague, who is now a magistrate, probably doesn't want to admit that she enjoyed …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Nicola Gobbo defends collecting fees from betrayed gangland clients in Lawyer X royal commission evidence

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The giveaway, at least for anyone who knew her back in those days, were the notes in red pen and numerous sticky notes. Key points: Nicola Gobbo said she did not obtain financial advantage or obtain money by deception She said she thought the police would stop her if what she was doing "was wrong" Ms Gobbo will return to …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Nicola Gobbo, barrister turned police informer, says her 'greatest fear is the police themselves'

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Barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo has told 7.30 she fears Victoria Police will kill her or leak information that could lead to her death. "Victoria Police maintain that the children are potentially at risk and that that potential risk is so great that nothing that I do, or anyone else does for that matter or puts in place, as in things like …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer X inquiry hears anti-corruption police did nothing after learning of Nicola Gobbo's role as informer

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Even when his job was to make sure police were behaving properly, the man now leading Victoria Police did not think to question Nicola Gobbo's use as a source because it was sanctioned by senior officers, the royal commission has heard. Key points: Graham Ashton told the inquiry he "took some comfort" in the fact the "highest levels" of police …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Lawyer X royal commission blog: Nicola Gobbo's role as informer could have affected more than 1,200 cases

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Royal commissioner Margaret McMurdo says 1,297 legal matters have been identified where Nicola Gobbo's involvement could have tainted the outcome — while another 35 names have been produced by police. As it happened: Nicola Gobbo's second day of evidence to Lawyer X royal commission — Wednesday, February 5 Nicola Gobbo's first day of evidence at the royal commission Ms Gobbo's …

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5 years, 5 months ago

How Nicola Gobbo's phone call to police shattered Faruk Orman's murder conviction

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It was a single phone call that allowed convicted murderer Faruk Orman to walk from court a free man. Key points: Faruk Orman was represented by lawyer Nicola Gobbo, who also helped police build the case against him The Court of Appeal ruled there had been a substantial miscarriage of justice in Mr Orman's case He walked free from court …

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5 years, 5 months ago

'Fat Tony' Mokbel moves a step closer to freedom in Lawyer X debacle

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Drug Lord Tony Mokbel and ecstasy trafficker Rob Karam have moved a giant leap forward in their bids for freedom after Victoria Police's mismanagement of Lawyer X saw convicted killer Faruk Orman released. In May, Court of Appeal president Chris Maxwell said Victoria police must focus its investigations on Mokbel, Karam and Cvetanovski because their appeal cases bore directly on …

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5 years, 6 months ago

The 'magical mystery tour' of the Lawyer X royal commission

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Every day at Victoria's Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants, more than 20 lawyers squeeze around a table that runs the length of the hearing room. Victoria Police controls the flow of information, a point Assistant Commissioner Neil Paterson made when he fronted the commission, when he informed a lawyer they would only get the information they asked …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Gangland killer Faruk Orman granted right to appeal conviction over Lawyer X concerns

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A convicted gangland murderer has been granted the right to appeal by Victoria's Attorney-General over fears he may have suffered a miscarriage of justice due to the involvement of police informant Nicola Gobbo. Key points: Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has granted convicted killer Faruk Orman a petition for mercy She says she is satisfied there is "credible evidence" the use of …

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5 years, 6 months ago

How Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo wore a wire to try to frame detective Paul Dale

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It was a seemingly innocuous meeting between friends. At a Melbourne coffee shop in December 2008, former drug squad detective Paul Dale chats with defence lawyer Nicola Gobbo for about an hour. Key points: The conversation was later used as evidence against Mr Dale The pair talk about allegations Mr Dale organised the hit on police informer Terence Hodson Mr …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Lawyer X royal commission hears former cop denies seeking chat with gangland bosses days after being arrested

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Former Victorian drug squad detective Paul Dale has denied asking his lawyer to get in contact with gangland figure Carl Williams while he was in prison on drugs charges in 2003. Key points: Paul Dale has spent two days giving evidence this week and will return to give further testimony next Tuesday He said he had no recollection of asking …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Lawyer X royal commission hears Paul Dale asked to speak to Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams after arrest

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Former drug squad detective Paul Dale wanted to speak to gangland bosses Carl Williams and Tony Mokbel soon after being arrested for the burglary of a drug house, a royal commission has heard. Key points: Nicola Gobbo's diary show Mr Dale sought contact with Williams and Mokbel nine days after he was arrested, the royal commission hears Mr Dale was …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Victoria Police former assistant commissioner denies Lawyer X's claim they had a sexual relationship

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Former Victoria Police assistant commissioner Jeff Pope has denied having a sexual relationship with Nicola Gobbo, the woman at the centre of a legal scandal miring the state's justice system and also known as Lawyer X. Key points: Ms Gobbo told two police officers she'd had an on-and-off again sexual relationship with Mr Pope for months She made the claims …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo may have had 'intimate relations' with police handler, commission told

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There were suggestions Nicola Gobbo, the former barrister and police informer known as Lawyer X, was having a sexual relationship with one of the police officers who first registered her as a police informer, the royal commission has heard. Key points: Ms Gobbo's lawyer asked Trevor Ashton if he knew his colleague claimed to have been intimate with Ms Gobbo …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Rogue lawyer informer 3838 NAMED as Nicola Gobbo

Daily Mail

The criminal barrister known as 'Lawyer X', who brought down dozens of Australia's most notorious gangsters by acting as a secret police informant, can finally be named as high-flying lawyer Nicola Gobbo. Last December, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said police were concerned with the protection of Ms Gobbo and her family, whom police feared would be murdered if …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Lawyer X identified as Nicola Gobbo after court lifts suppression order on Informer 3838

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Former defence barrister Nicola Gobbo can now be revealed as Lawyer X, the police informer at the centre of a 15-year legal scandal that risks overturning the convictions of dangerous underworld criminals. Key points: Nicola Gobbo was a prominent barrister who represented gangland figures including Carl Williams and Tony Mokbel She was registered as a police informer between 1995 and …

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Victoria Police and Nicola Gobbo formed 'joint criminal enterprise' to put Tony Mokbel behind bars, finds court

Legal experts call for Lawyer X evidence to be referred to an interstate prosecutor

Lawyers call for apology from Daniel Andrews following closure of Lawyer X Office of the Special Investigator

How ABC journalists found Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo in hiding and made Trace: The Informer podcast

Nicola Gobbo is ready to speak about one of Australia's most notorious unsolved murder cases

A gangland killer says his former lawyer Nicola Gobbo has more to fear from Victoria Police than the criminal underworld

Nicola Gobbo faces cross-examination at Lawyer X royal commission, as it happened

Nicola Gobbo defends collecting fees from betrayed gangland clients in Lawyer X royal commission evidence

Nicola Gobbo, barrister turned police informer, says her 'greatest fear is the police themselves'

Lawyer X inquiry hears anti-corruption police did nothing after learning of Nicola Gobbo's role as informer

Lawyer X royal commission blog: Nicola Gobbo's role as informer could have affected more than 1,200 cases

How Nicola Gobbo's phone call to police shattered Faruk Orman's murder conviction

'Fat Tony' Mokbel moves a step closer to freedom in Lawyer X debacle

The 'magical mystery tour' of the Lawyer X royal commission

Gangland killer Faruk Orman granted right to appeal conviction over Lawyer X concerns

How Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo wore a wire to try to frame detective Paul Dale

Lawyer X royal commission hears former cop denies seeking chat with gangland bosses days after being arrested

Lawyer X royal commission hears Paul Dale asked to speak to Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams after arrest

Victoria Police former assistant commissioner denies Lawyer X's claim they had a sexual relationship

Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo may have had 'intimate relations' with police handler, commission told

Rogue lawyer informer 3838 NAMED as Nicola Gobbo

Lawyer X identified as Nicola Gobbo after court lifts suppression order on Informer 3838