The Victorian opposition wants a Fitzgerald-style special prosecutor to investigate police who may have helped Nicola Gobbo pervert the course of justice.
Tony Kellisar,who strangled his wife Svetlana Podgoyetsky in 1997,is trying to use lawyer Nicola Gobbo's work as a police informer to secure a fresh investigation into his case.
Jailed crime boss will have to wait longer than he hoped for his chance to challenge his convictions on the basis of past association with notorious ex-lawyer.
Barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo’s claim she was mistreated during the royal commission has been dismissed as mystifying by the inquiry’s top lawyer.
At the royal commission Nicola Gobbo used the second grader's excuse:“I didn’t mean it - they made me do it - don’t pick on me."
Victoria Police has joined forces with Nicola Gobbo to savage the approach taken by the royal commission investigating the state's worst legal scandal.
Frank Madafferi,who is appealing drugs conviction because his barrister was Nicola Gobbo,has asked police if his lawyer Joseph Acquaro was a snitch as well.
The corruption-busting QC appointed following Queensland's Fitzgerald royal commission says Daniel Andrews must appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police implicated in the Lawyer X scandal.
Two criminals manipulated by Ms Gobbo and police gave evidence in more than 60 cases leading to nearly 30 convictions in some of the state's most significant trials.
Investigation into lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo has implicated current and former police in criminal conduct. Just don't expect anyone to be charged.
The royal commission has identified 124 criminal convictions tainted by the double life of Nicola Gobbo that may be set aside.