The Melbourne gangland lawyer who snitched on her clients has been hoping to avoid this day for some time, but today’s ruling went against her.
Lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo will be required to give evidence to the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informers, which was set up after she snitched on a number of her underworld clients.
The commissioner accepted the former barrister did have mental and physical health issues but believed they were not sufficient to avoid giving evidence. “Whilst I accept she is very unwell, I am cognisant of the fact in evidence before this commission she told her handlers of her preparedness to falsely use her medical conditions to improperly obtain an adjournment of a case to suit her own needs,” Ms McMurdo said. However she later added she was not confident the lawyer would give evidence.
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