June 27, — pm. Normal text size. Larger text size. Very large text size. The decision 18 years ago to register barrister and the loosest of loose cannons Nicola Only royal commissioner Margaret McMurdo was able to see Nicola Gobbo's face as she gave evidence at the inquiry for the first time today.(ABC News)Her evidence whittled the image of a woman who Nicola Gobbo is seeking unspecified damages from the state of Victoria for the police's "negligent" use of her as an informer, a statement of claim lodged with the Transcript. At the height of Melbourne’s brutal gangland wars in the early s, Victoria Police were using criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as a human source to inform against her own clients Gobbo was first signed as a police informant in when she was in the final year of her law degree at the University of Melbourne. She quickly built a career and a high public profile defending
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Turncoat barrister Nicola Gobbo encouraged Antonios “Tony” Mokbel to flee the country to avoid prosecution over three murder charges, the former drug kingpin has claimed in court in his first Nicola Gobbo's mental and physical health deteriorated after she began informing, her lawyer says. Gangland barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo - who enjoyed celebrating milestone occasions - was lonely on the anniversary of her stroke, a royal commission has heard Herald Sun. PART 1: Nicola Gobbo couldn’t be in court today, the judge was told. She was delighted, radiant and a bit tired, the story went, after giving birth to a girl. Victoria. Informer This was published 5 years ago. The harder they fall: Nicola Gobbo, from gangland lawyer to family outcast. Cameron Houston, Tammy Mills Nicola Gobbo always wanted the world to know who she was and what she was doing. Gobbo presented then as she does now, in her non-lawyer guises: easy to like but hard to know Police could not stop lawyer-turned-informant Nicola Gobbo from giving legal advice to a client she helped arrest because she had "gone rogue", a police handler says. Subscribe now for unlimited In , Saverio Zirilli was sentenced to 26 years in jail with a minimum term of 18 years. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic $ million worth of ecstasy pills hidden in tins labelled
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Nicola Gobbo, also known as “Lawyer X,” is a former lawyer from Australia. She gained attention because she worked as a lawyer for criminals while also giving information to the police. This has caused a lot of controversy and questions about her actions. Nicola Gobbo, aged 48 and niece of former Victorian governor Sir James Gobbo, became Story by Tara Cosoleto. • 1mo. Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel claims barrister-turned-informant Nicola Gobbo told him to flee to Greece to evade murder charges, while Carl Williams smuggled him a It can now be revealed Nicola Gobbo, the former gangland barrister at the heart of the Lawyer X scandal, has launched fresh legal action against the State of A special investigator should be appointed to determine if Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police officers broke any laws when the gangland lawyer acted as a human source for Victoria Police, a royal