Tony Mokbel arrived at a Melbourne court on Friday in a dark-blue armoured police vehicle and left in a black Mercedes-Benz.
One of Australia’s most notorious gangland figures, Mokbel was released on bail after 18 years in prison after the Court of Appeal ruled he had a strong case to argue that his drug trafficking conviction should be quashed because his lawyer all those years ago was a police informant.
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Gus McCubbing is a markets reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. He was previously the Australian Financial Review’s Victorian political correspondent. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com
