Top cops to face prison over ‘Lawyer X’
Senior police face the threat of criminal charges and the trials of notorious drug criminals may have been compromised.
Lawyer X
Gobbo breached duty to Mokbel, court
Nicola Gobbo’s betrayal of her friend and client Tony Mokbel is writ large in the report by counsel assisting the Lawyer X royal commission.
Overland ‘engaged in a deceit’
Nicola Gobbo has accused Simon Overland of engaging in a ‘deceit’ and says police under his command encouraged her to betray her clients.
A legal ban, but that didn’t matter
The Lawyer X story was ignored by most of the media and was smothered before it had the chance to capture the public’s imagination.
Corrupt strategy brought calamity
For so many years, Nicola Gobbo has been the Victoria Police landmine that keeps tripping.
Mokbel may not have received fair trial: Lawyer X report
Victoria Police should have informed Tony Mokbel and the courts of the informant status of Nicola Gobbo, according to counsel submissions to the royal commission.
Police stall release of inquiry documents
Last-minute redaction demands have delayed submissions that are expected to excoriate former and current senior officers.
Cops lose bid for Lawyer X secrecy
A police bid to suppress the identity of a senior officer embroiled in the Lawyer X fiasco has been dismissed.
Gobbo ‘in Gatto’s corner’ for ABC fight
The ABC defamed Mick Gatto in a report that claimed he threatened to kill Nicola Gobbo, Victorian Supreme Court told.
Mokbel offsider walks free early
One of Tony Mokbel’s money men and drug traffickers is out of jail over the likelihood of an unsound verdict due to Lawyer X.
Overland blasts Nine’s ‘haggling over $4k for cops’
In his first interview since leaving the force in 2011, the former top cop has launched an extraordinary attack on the makers of the Lawyer X television drama.
Lawyer X probe costs blow out to $40m
The Victorian government will inject an additional $11.5m into the Lawyer X royal commission and delay the final report.
‘Inmates howled for my blood’
In jail with the very men he’d investigated, targeted cop Paul Dale believed only Nicola Gobbo could save him. How wrong he was.
Lawyer X inquiry: 1300 cases in danger
Almost 1300 cases may have been affected by turncoat lawyer Nicola Gobbo.
Searching for Mokbel’s ‘redeeming features’
Nicola Gobbo has defended her relationship with Tony Mokbel, claiming the drug kingpin ‘does have some redeeming features’.
Lawyer X victim could get $10m
A man wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years because he was betrayed by Lawyer X could receive a payout of more than $10m.
Vampire murder confession triggers police clash
Two veteran detectives have clashed over whether Nicola Gobbo revealed a confession to the murder of a vampire gigolo.
Lawyer X evidence withheld by police
The head of the Lawyer X royal commission says it is ‘most concerning’ police have been filtering evidence.
Mokbel has redeeming features: Gobbo
Nicola Gobbo has defended her formerly close relationship with then client, drug kingpin Tony Mokbel.
Gobbo knew of murders, court told
One of Nicola Gobbo’s former clients says he told her about murders before they happened.
Gobbo’s first target shuns ‘circus’
Brian Wilson was a young man when he became the first person Nicola Gobbo snitched on — but he was hardly the last.
Gobbo ‘a spectacularly good liar’
Nicola Gobbo admits she’s been adept at not telling the truth, but says she gave up her practice of lying in about 2011 or 2012.
Insane thing to do: why Gobbo turned informer
She wanted to ‘belong’ to the underworld. But Nicola Gobbo turned police informer to try to free herself from the Tony Mokbel gangland family.
Gobbo told ‘top cop will burn you’
Nicola Gobbo was warned ‘Simon Overland would burn’ her by a homicide detective.
‘Simon Overland will burn you’
Nicola Gobbo says she received some ‘fatherly advice’ from leading detective Ron Iddles about former Victorian Police Commissioner.
‘I was preyed upon by predatory cops’
Nicola Gobbo says she was preyed on by the ‘master manipulators’ of Victoria Police.
Sheets thrown back on life of crimes and passion
Nicola Gobbo was forced to dig deep to defend a career spectacularly bereft of ethics.
Gobbo to keep her face hidden
The former gangland lawyer won’t have to show her face at the royal commission scrutinising her double dealings with Victoria Police.
Lawyer X ‘known to legal chief early’
Victoria Police lawyer says the government solicitor knew Nicola Gobbo was an informant well before he said he did.
Recruiting Lawyer X branded ‘unthinkable’
Victoria Police’s top lawyer says ‘relentless’ gangland investigators would call Nicola Gobbo as a witness if they needed.
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