From his jail cell,the"increasingly erratic"crime boss Tony Mokbel has threatened the life of one of the senior police officers involved in his prosecution.
Court hears jailed drug boss was knifed seven times with a prison-made weapon and also punched and kicked while incapacitated on the ground,
The lawyer who helped quash the murder conviction of Faruk Orman -- the first person to be released from jail as a consquence of the Lawyer X scandal -- is determined to set a second gangland figure free by Christmas.
Prison officers warned Tony Mokbel before he was stabbed about the risk to him following a media article that"extolled Mr Mokbel as a feared prison big-wig and a top enforcer".
Jailed drug baron faced Court of Appeal by video link on Thursday,seeking permission to appeal over claims his lawyer Nicola Gobbo actively worked against him.
The prophetic words of Nicola Gobbo -"It'll make the greatest story one day"- contained in new documents that reveal how the barrister-turned-gangland informer met the drug boss in the most unlikely of ways.
Convicted drug traffickers Horty and Kabalan Mokbel will argue their casino bans were"unlawfully created".
The two young men charged with stabbing drug boss Tony Mokbel in prison have offered to plead guilty to lesser charges than attempted murder,a court has heard.
One of Tony Mokbel’s henchmen has failed in first attempt to have convictions overturned because of involvement of Informer 3838 in his drug trafficking trial.
A jailhouse letter from drug kingpin Tony Mokbel to legal authorities claims he is the victim of a “corrupt prosecution” involving his former barrister,now known as Informer 3838.
The two men accused of a vicious jailhouse attack on drug baron Tony Mokbel have been named as they prepare to face court on Friday over allegations of attempted murder.