Police ‘groomed’ Melbourne lawyer turned informer Nicola Gobbo, court hears

Mounting deaths in Melbourne’s gangland wars heaped pressure on detectives, court told

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Nicola Gobbo was a young and vulnerable barrister “looking for a way out” of dealing with gangland clients like Tony Mokbel when police saw an opportunity, her lawyers claim.

At 25 years old, the youngest woman in Victoria to sign the bar roll, suddenly found herself “neck deep” in the underworld and feared for her personal safety and wellbeing.

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