Mokbel drug convictions ‘infected’ but retrial on cards MELBOURNE, VIC. — Two of underworld figure Tony Mokbel's convictions must be set aside because barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo's improper actions "infected" the cases, an appeal court has ruled.

Mokbel drug convictions 'infected' but retrial on cards
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Surprise appeal court decision for Mokbel MELBOURNE, VIC. — Three appeal judges have delivered a split decision in underworld figure Tony Mokbel's fight to quash his drug convictions.

Surprise appeal court decision for Mokbel
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Mokbel to finally learn his appeal fate MELBOURNE, VIC. — Gangland kingpin Tony Mokbel will finally learn whether his Lawyer X bid to quash drug convictions has succeeded. 

Mokbel to finally learn his appeal fate
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Tony Mokbel freed on bail by Victorian court after ‘Lawyer X’ scandal Court of appeal rules Mokbel to be released, saying there is a ‘strong chance’ his convictions will be quashed

until today. the “lawyer x scandal”involved a solicitor who was acting as an informant to police, providing them with information about her high-profile underworld clients.

mokbel has been serving time in a supermax prison.

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Single panel editorial cartoon titled Back in Business. Old man in ‘Costa’s Costumes & Wigs’ putting out the sign for a closing down sale as a man walks in saying, “Hold everything! Big Tony got bail”. On the shelves are numerous mannequin-heads with strange wigs and things displayed, including similar ones that Big Tony was (in)famous for.

Back in business

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'Yet these dynamite claims will not be investigated by the commission because they fall outside its terms of reference'
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'In this statement [Sergeant James Gerard] Coghlan alleges that more than one lawyer went off reservation, with one alleged to have laundered money for #Mokbel in a Queensland casino.'...