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Mick Gatto's defamation trial won't have a jury

Myriam RobinSenior writer

Jul 15, 2020 – 4.00pm

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Mick Gatto's bid to have a Melbourne jury hear his case against the ABC has come to naught.

The underworld figure was incensed by the public broadcaster's imputation that he was a "murderer" and "hitman", resulting from its coverage of allegations made by a police inspector in a 2016 affidavit. Gatto launched defamation action against the ABC and journalists Nino Bucci and Sarah Farnsworth in Victoria's Supreme Court last year.

Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.