A gangland-hit scare,police threats to remove her children and a goat being shot are among Nicola Gobbo’s recollections of her time in hiding.
It is only the third time the criminal barrister-turned-police informer has spoken publicly since being exposed as a supergrass in 2019.
An unusual legal move could protect any officer testifying from self-incrimination and being prosecuted.
The Victorian government had originally tried to ban people from pursuing civil claims connected to barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo but did not have the support.
Victoria Police is claiming it’s not responsible for failing to protect Gobbo’s identity because she may have committed crimes while acting as a barrister-turned-informer.
A search blunder meant hundreds of documents about Victoria Police’s conduct in the Lawyer X scandal weren’t discovered until last year.
The barrister turned informer is due to have her damages claim go to trial in September,but her lawyers want more time to consider the impact of the state government’s controversial bill.
The Allan government has delayed its unprecedented bid to block compensation claims from the Lawyer X saga.
Legislation designed to protect the state government from payouts connected with barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo would derail several multimillion-dollar claims for damages.
The publication of a picture of the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has generated feverish discussion about how it came to our reporter.
Victoria’s legal profession has been left unsettled by the Director of Public Prosecutions’ complaint over the conduct of two senior judges.