‘Joint criminal enterprise’: Judge slams police in Lawyer X scandal
A damning ruling on the use of Lawyer X – Nicola Gobbo – to gain convictions against drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has slammed a former police chief commissioner.
Police & Courts Victoria
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