Police engaged in ‘joint criminal enterprise’ with Lawyer X to take down Tony Mokbel, judge finds

Victoria police perverted the course of justice by using informer Nicola Gobbo to pursue her drug kingpin client, court hears

Police perverted the course of justice in a “joint criminal enterprise” with Lawyer X, Nicola Gobbo, to take down her gangland client Tony Mokbel, a judge has found.

New South Wales supreme court justice Elizabeth Fullerton issued a damning finding against police and the former director of public prosecutions, current Victorian judge John Champion, as she ruled on legal questions relating to drug kingpin Tony Mokbel’s appeal.

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