Former Victoria Police chief commissioner Simon Overland tells a royal commission he did not know Nicola Gobbo was informing on her clients, in breach of her legal obligations to them, as his investigators never told him.
Former Victoria Police chief commissioner Simon Overland has told a royal commission he did not know Nicola Gobbo was informing on her clients, in breach of her legal obligations to them, as his investigators never told him.Simon Overland was an assistant commissioner when Ms Gobbo was registered as an informer in 2005 and has since left the force
On the stand for his first day of questioning at the Lawyer X royal commission, Mr Overland said he was not part of a 2005 plan to sign up Nicola Gobbo as a human source. Lower ranks of police, including Purana detectives, have previously told the commission their use of Ms Gobbo was sanctioned by police command, and evidence suggested it went all the way to Mr Overland as the then-assistant commissioner of crime.
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