Informer 3838
Mokbel receives government payout for savage jail bashing
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had another legal victory after receiving an undisclosed financial settlement over an attack in Barwon Prison in 2019.
- Cameron Houston
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- Victoria Police conduct
Lawyer X million-dollar legal battle fails after judge finds she broke the law
Justice Melinda Richards threw out barrister turned informer Nicola Gobbo’s lawsuit against the state, saying she was aware of the risks when she became a supergrass and ordered her to pay the state’s costs.
- Sherryn Groch
- Analysis
- Naked City
Crooks who zigged when they should have zagged
He remembered to floss but forgot to duck. Here’s our list of 10 of the underworld’s biggest blunders.
- John Silvester
Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo selling Melbourne apartment
The barrister-turned-informer is selling her bayside apartment while in hiding, as a verdict looms in her compensation suit against the state.
- Sherryn Groch
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- Crime
Melbourne gangland’s relief as underworld figures dodge witness box on eve of Lawyer X trial
Faruk Orman’s settlement with his ex-lawyer, Nicola Gobbo, has stopped his compensation trial from calling up witnesses such as Mick Gatto.
- Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston
Police officers involved in ‘criminal enterprise’ in Lawyer X scandal unmasked
Two police officers found by a court to be part of a “joint criminal enterprise” with Lawyer X to manipulate the justice system and put drug kingpin Tony Mokbel behind bars have lost a legal battle to keep their identities secret.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
- Analysis
- Courts
Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel’s drug trafficking conviction could be overturned
A gangland lawyer became a police informer, but the bad guys got what they deserved, right? Yet, this alleged perversion could see Mokbel cleared.
- Tammy Mills
This cop found himself at the centre of the Lawyer X scandal. Now he’s running the next election
Jeff Pope might have fronted the media plenty of times for Victoria Police but he’s never really talked about himself – or his run ins with Nicola Gobbo. Until now.
- Sherryn Groch
Overland, police gave unreliable, dishonest evidence, judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling
A judge’s finding that former chief commissioner Simon Overland and other police were deliberately dishonest about their dealings with Nicola Gobbo is a boost to Tony Mokbel’s bid to have his convictions quashed.
- Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Sherryn Groch and Erin Pearson
Corrupt police fight to keep names a secret following Tony Mokbel bombshell
Two police officers found to have formed a criminal conspiracy with Lawyer X to manipulate a witness are fighting to keep their names a secret.
- Erin Pearson and Brittany Busch
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