Former police union boss fails in bid to reopen civil case against Victoria Police
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Former police union boss fails in bid to reopen civil case against Victoria Police

Former Police Association boss Paul Mullett has failed in his bid to have Victoria’s highest court reopen his civil case that claimed he was the victim of a malicious prosecution by former Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon.

  • byAdam Cooper

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Former union boss ‘hung out to dry’ by Victoria Police,appeals court told
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Former union boss ‘hung out to dry’ by Victoria Police,appeals court told

Six years after the Supreme Court rejected his claim of malicious prosecution,Paul Mullett has launched an appeal,arguing the failure to disclose documents related to barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo gives him grounds to have his case retried.

  • byAdam Cooper
Underworld figure launches legal action over Nicola Gobbo informing to police
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Underworld figure launches legal action over Nicola Gobbo informing to police

Faruk Orman was jailed for more than a decade over a gangland hit but his conviction was quashed in the first case the courts found was contaminated by the barrister-turned-police-informer.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Inventing Melissa:how the Underbelly TV series imagined what happened
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Inventing Melissa:how the Underbelly TV series imagined what happened

When the missing conwoman walked out the front door of her Dover Heights mansion in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in November 2020,never to be seen again,it was a story ripe for the screen.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
‘False level of assurance’:Policing expert critical of Victorian force oversight
Victoria Police conduct

‘False level of assurance’:Policing expert critical of Victorian force oversight

“The reality is if you make a complaint against a police officer,98 per cent of cases are going to be investigated by another police officer. And the powers of IBAC dealing with criminality is limited.”

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Mokbel lawyer accuses top prosecutor of not ‘seeking the truth’
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Mokbel lawyer accuses top prosecutor of not ‘seeking the truth’

A lawyer for the jailed crime boss has questioned whether the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is fulfilling its role in Mokbel’s case as he appeals against his convictions.

  • byAdam Cooper
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Police told Nicola Gobbo to flee overseas to avoid prosecution
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Police told Nicola Gobbo to flee overseas to avoid prosecution

The offer would have put her out of reach of Victorian courts and was made in 2020 by a senior officer in the police’s covert operations.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
Carl Williams’ killer appeals conviction because of Nicola Gobbo’s involvement in case
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Carl Williams’ killer appeals conviction because of Nicola Gobbo’s involvement in case

It is unclear whether Nicola Gobbo ever acted for Matthew Johnson,but he is now trying to get his conviction overturned because the former lawyer turned out to be a police informer.

  • byAdam Cooper
Mokbel’s links to Nicola Gobbo disputed by lawyers and prosecutors
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Mokbel’s links to Nicola Gobbo disputed by lawyers and prosecutors

Tony Mokbel’s appeal against convictions for drug trafficking could be heard in the first half of next year,but his lawyers still have key disputes to settle with prosecutors.

  • byAdam Cooper
Former High Court judge Geoffrey Nettle appointed Lawyer X investigator
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Victoria Police conduct

Former High Court judge Geoffrey Nettle appointed Lawyer X investigator

The former High Court justice will assess whether criminal and disciplinary charges should be laid against police,as well as barrister turned informer Nicola Gobbo.

  • byTammy Mills
New evidence raises fresh doubt over who killed Lewis Moran
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New evidence raises fresh doubt over who killed Lewis Moran

Evangelos Goussis is seeking to overturn his conviction for murder of crime patriarch Lewis Moran on the basis of evidence concealed from his legal team at the time of his trial.

  • byChip Le Grand