Simon Overland
Analysis
Informer 3838
The lie from which the Gobbo scandal grew
Royal Commissioner Margaret McMurdo has recommended that Simon Overland and former Purana Taskforce detectives be referred to a special investigator.
- by Chip Le Grand
Latest
Damning report says top police 'lacked moral clarity' to fix Gobbo mess
Royal commission has delivered a damning assessment of Victoria Police's recruitment and management of barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo.
- by Cameron Houston
Explainer
Informer 3838
The Nicola Gobbo, Lawyer X scandal explained
Who is Nicola Gobbo? What did she do? Why was it so bad? And what has the royal commission's final report found?
- by Tammy Mills
Exclusive
Informer 3838
Opposition backs Fitzgerald-style prosecutor for Gobbo cops
The Victorian opposition wants a Fitzgerald-style special prosecutor to investigate police who may have helped Nicola Gobbo pervert the course of justice.
- by Chip Le Grand
Analysis
Informer 3838
With cops in the gun, royal commission holds fire
Investigation into lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo has implicated current and former police in criminal conduct. Just don't expect anyone to be charged.
- by Chip Le Grand
Updated
Informer 3838
Former top cop slammed in Lawyer X royal commission
The royal commission has identified 124 criminal convictions tainted by the double life of Nicola Gobbo that may be set aside.
- by Chip Le Grand, Chris Vedelago and Tammy Mills
Analysis
Victoria Police
Patton's actions on the shop floor show the kind of boss he'll be
“He has a first-class bullshit detector [and] will call you out if you try and fake it,” one former colleague says.
- by John Silvester
Informer 3838 runs legal gauntlet bringing Nicola Gobbo story to life
It was always going to be risky to tell the tale of the criminal barrister turned police informer, but for the producers the story was too important not to try.
- by Karl Quinn
Senior cop says he was 'guided' to leave out evidence to Gobbo inquiry
Head of the royal commission 'very concerned' when, for a second time, evidence from a senior and experienced officer pertinent to the inquiry was excluded.
- by Tammy Mills
Gobbo claims ex-cop added man's murder confession to her statement
Lawyer-turned-snitch Nicola Gobbo has accused a senior police figure of doctoring a witness statement provided under her name, raising corruption allegations at the centre of the most expensive investigation in Victoria Police history.
- by Chip Le Grand and Tammy Mills
Exclusive
Informer 3838
'The Bermuda Triangle of police files': How Simon Overland's diaries were lost and found
Known officially as the Archive Services Centre, it’s been privately called the "Bermuda Triangle" of police files.
- by Chris Vedelago
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/simon-overland-5e7