Patrick Naegeli’s alleged plot against his millionaire friend came months after a judge made a ruling against the self-styled weight loss guru.
The federal government first chose not to cancel Kevin Farrugia’s visa in 2005,when the Maltese-born criminal was initially convicted for his work for the notorious drug baron.
Lawyers acting for the former drug kingpin have put on notice dozens of legal figures and police who rose to prominence during Melbourne’s gangland war.
In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial,fleeing to Greece,his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.
For the first time in more than a decade,former drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has spoken in public,at a trial for his appeal after the Lawyer X scandal.
With an asset base of $55 million,he was the drug dealer who had it all - except the brains to know when to quit.
The appeal judges said the ongoing effects of a 2019 prison yard assault on Mokbel,the restricted nature of his incarceration and the impact COVID-19 had on the prison system were factors they considered.
When Tony Mokbel was handed a 30-year sentence in 2012 for his role as the mastermind of an elaborate drug syndicate,he had already suffered his first heart attack. Now,his ailing health threatens any prospect of a life beyond a prison cell.
The 57-year-old’s lawyers applied for him to be resentenced after one of his previous convictions was quashed due to the Lawyer X scandal.
The former drug kingpin told the court he had run out of funding for his legal team,which had been arguing for his convictions to be overturned.
The convicted drug trafficker was rushed from Barwon Prison with chest pains and is being treated in hospital.