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

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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 former director of public prosecutions, current Victorian judge John Champion, as she ruled on legal questions relating to drug kingpin Tony Mokbel’s appeal.