Gobbo family distance themselves from gangland lawyer, informer 3838 Nicola Gobbo
The former governor of Victoria and uncle of Nicola Gobbo has broken his silence to publicly distance himself from the former gangland barrister turned police informer.
On Friday, Ms Gobbo’s identity as the mysterious Lawyer X turned police informer 3838 was finally revealed."The commission is now better placed to ascertain the full extent of Nicola Gobbo's conduct as a police informer between 1995 and 2009 and the identities of the persons potentially affected," she said.
Premier Daniel Andrews said on Friday the commission has the terms of reference and budget to determine what happened and stop it from happening again. Attorney General Jill Hennessy said she had no evidence police continued to use lawyers as informers.
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