And so the fallout from the Lawyer X scandal continues.
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had his conviction for the importation of cocaine quashed by
Victoria's Court of Appeal as a result of the Lawyer X scandal,
on the basis that Nicola Gobbo (also known as 'Lawyer X')
had been a registered informant with Victorian Police while
representing him.
Mr Mokbel will remain in prison, serving time for other
offences, but Commonwealth prosecutors have confirmed they will not
pursue a retrial for the charges relating to the importation of a
commercial quantity of cocaine in the year 2000.
Nicola Gobbo was acting as junior counsel during Mr
Mokblen's trial in 2006. Mr Mokbel's barrister, Con
Heliotis confirmed that Ms Gobbo would attend all the meetings with
Mokbel and was privy to all of the evidence and legal strategies
used in court.
