Current Royal Commission into Lawyer X gangland convictions on tainted evidence & police corruption

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A little interesting statement uploaded yesterday about Victor Pierce, Vince Benvenuto & Andrew Veniamin by "Mr Thomas"

 

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A bit news coming through today with potentially big implications.

Underworld convictions in doubt after police caught secretly paying off witness

Documents show police paid money into the prison canteen account of a drug cook-turned supergrass known as "Mr Cooper".

www.theage.com.au

 

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A bit news coming through today with potentially big implications.

Underworld convictions in doubt after police caught secretly paying off witness

Documents show police paid money into the prison canteen account of a drug cook-turned supergrass known as "Mr Cooper".

www.theage.com.au

Coincidentally IBAC have been copied in by the Feds:
Federal Police have asked Victoria's anti corruption watchdog to look at allegations more than $1 million was transferred from the Vatican to Australia to attempt to secure the conviction of Cardinal George Pell.

Police given 'information' about claims of Vatican wire transfer during Pell trial

The financial crimes watchdog has handed information to police over claims money was transferred from the Vatican to Australia to help influence the trial of Cardinal George Pell.

www.smh.com.au

 

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Here comes another one. I wonder how many millions in compensation he'll get.

Convicted Mokbel drug trafficker Zlate Cvetanovski 'over the moon' after getting bail

One of Tony Mokbel’s drug traffickers who blames the disgraced gangland barrister, Nicola Gobbo, for his incarceration, has been granted bail by Victoria’s Court of Appeal while he attempts to overturn his convictions.

www.abc.net.au

 

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Here comes another one. I wonder how many millions in compensation he'll get.

Convicted Mokbel drug trafficker Zlate Cvetanovski 'over the moon' after getting bail

One of Tony Mokbel’s drug traffickers who blames the disgraced gangland barrister, Nicola Gobbo, for his incarceration, has been granted bail by Victoria’s Court of Appeal while he attempts to overturn his convictions.

www.abc.net.au

I dare say lots more to come now, especially after the recent revelations about “Mr Cooper”

 

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The Court of Appeal in Victoria today found there had been a substantial miscarriage of justice and there should be no retrial.

Man who spent a decade behind bars acquitted due to Lawyer X betrayal

www.9news.com.au

 

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Bugged lawyers' conversations available to police thanks to 'IT error'

Victoria Police inappropriately handled confidential information from bugged phone calls between lawyers and their clients for a period of three years.

www.theage.com.au

'Next week the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants is due to hand down what is expected to be a damning report into the force’s use of barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo to allegedly violate the rights of more than 124 clients.'

 

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Lawyer X royal commission finds more than 1,000 cases may have been tainted by barrister's informing

A special investigator should be appointed to determine if Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police officers broke any laws when the gangland lawyer acted as a human source for Victoria Police, a royal commission says.

www.abc.net.au

'the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants has made 111 recommendations.'

'Key points:

• The special investigator would determine if Ms Gobbo or any police officers broke the law
• It should have been clear to police that they needed to disclose Ms Gobbo's status as an informer, the commissioner said
• Margaret McMurdo said 1,011 cases may have been tainted'

Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants | Royal Commission into Management of Police Informants Content Management System

Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants

www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au

https://www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/Final Report Full Report.pdf (1008 pages long)

https://www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/Final%20Report%20Summary%20and%20Recommendations.pdf

(65 pages long)

 

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Margaret McMurdo said 1,011 cases may have been tainted'

We might be lucky if this doesn't break the state of Victoria and I have no idea how trust is to be restored.

 

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Margaret McMurdo said 1,011 cases may have been tainted'

We might be lucky if this doesn't break the state of Victoria and I have no idea how trust is to be restored.

Maybe if they can somehow lace Victoria's version of the COVID-19 vaccination with a dose of Justice, Justice will be restored*

* provided there aren't too many anti-vaxxxxers in the State of Corruption (VIC).

https://www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/Final%20Report%20Summary%20and%20Recommendations.pdf

'The 1,011 people can also be split into two groups. The first group of 887 people are potentially affected in a broad way, like the manner identified in R v Szabo. These people were represented by Ms Gobbo between 1998 and 2013 and it was not disclosed to them that she was providing information to police as a human source. The second group of 124 people are potentially affected in a more specific way. Counsel Assisting wrote case studies on each of these 124 people in their submissions.'

'RECOMMENDATION 106
That Victoria Police and prosecuting agencies, within six months, make all reasonable attempts to advise the 887 people whose cases may have been affected in the manner identified in R v Szabo that their cases may have been affected by Ms Nicola Gobbo’s conduct as a human source, and facilitate ongoing disclosure of relevant information to those persons.'

 

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Task Force 'Reset'
or
Task force 'Forgive & Forget'?

Good to see that VICPOL has announced the former just now.

 

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Task Force 'Reset'

Not to be confused with

The Great Reset

There is an urgent need for global stakeholders to cooperate in simultaneously managing the direct consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. To improve the state of the world, the World Economic Forum is starting The Great Reset initiative.

www.weforum.org

The coronavirus pandemic 'Great Reset' theory and a false vaccine claim debunked

We unpick some of this week's misleading claims about the pandemic and the coronavirus vaccine.

www.bbc.com

'the revival of the baseless conspiracy theory, known as the 'Great Reset', which claims a group of world leaders orchestrated the pandemic to take control of the global economy.
The conspiracy theory has its origins in a genuine plan entitled 'The Great Reset', drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF)'

 

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Task Force 'Reset'

Lawyer X inquiry LIVE: Nicola Gobbo commission releases final report

Royal Commissioner Margaret McMurdo has recommended a special investigator be appointed to consider whether criminal charges should be brought against current and former Victoria Police over the Nicola Gobbo scandal.

www.theage.com.au

'The new taskforce - dubbed Taskforce Response - will address all the matters raised in the commission, Mr Patton said.'

Have they replaced 'Reset' with 'Response' already, or did Patton misspeak in his press conference just now?

 

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ABC 7.30 now.

 

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Worth watching or just a rehash?

There was a bit of fresh material in there, or I hadn't seen it before. Not exactly riveting but glad I checked in, even if it it's real aggravating.

 

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Lawyer X inquiry LIVE: Nicola Gobbo commission releases final report

Royal Commissioner Margaret McMurdo has recommended a special investigator be appointed to consider whether criminal charges should be brought against current and former Victoria Police over the Nicola Gobbo scandal.

www.theage.com.au

'The new taskforce - dubbed Taskforce Response - will address all the matters raised in the commission, Mr Patton said.'

Have they replaced 'Reset' with 'Response' already, or did Patton misspeak in his press conference just now?

What is the point of a royal commission if you need another one to look into it? I thought commissioners had power at their discretion to lay charges???
I maybe mistaken but just shows what a waste of time they can be

 

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What is the point of a royal commission if you need another one to look into it? I thought commissioners had power at their discretion to lay charges???
I maybe mistaken but just shows what a waste of time they can be

IBAC wants more money now. FFS. A Royal Commission should be enough to have cleaned this up and tied it off so we can wipe our hands of it.

Anti-corruption boss calls for more funding as Lawyer X investigation adds to agency's workload

Lawyer X investigation adds to IBAC workload as commissioner calls for more funding

With growing calls for investigations into police misconduct and corruption, Robert Redlich says IBAC does not have the funding it needs to keep up with with demand and additional funding will be needed in coming years.

www.abc.net.au

 

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Holy shite, over one thousand people may be impacted.

Ecstasy importer granted bail pending appeal over Nicola Gobbo scandal

Salvatore Agresta is the latest in a growing number of people freed from jail due to their links to Nicola Gobbo and the Lawyer X saga. Agresta was serving a 12-year sentence for his role in the infamous 2007 tomato tins drug importation.

www.abc.net.au

 

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In surprise news this morning!

Mokbel has one conviction quashed over Lawyer X

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had one of his convictions quashed due to the Nicola Gobbo scandal.

www.theage.com.au

 

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In surprise news this morning!

Mokbel has one conviction quashed over Lawyer X

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had one of his convictions quashed due to the Nicola Gobbo scandal.

www.theage.com.au

Thanks for the link. That's the cocaine import charge dealt with, if there's to be consistency we might expect the remaining convictions to also be quashed? The fruit of the poison tree stuffs.

Rowena Orr, QC, lawyer for the Commonwealth, said the director would not pursue a retrial.

"The director has already determined in this matter to not conduct a retrial," Ms Orr said.

Mokbel is also appealing charges related to operations codenamed Quills, Orbital and Magnum, because of Ms Gobbo's alleged involvement.

 

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But I thought Tones was dead

 

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But I thought Tones was dead

 

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In surprise news this morning!

Mokbel has one conviction quashed over Lawyer X

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had one of his convictions quashed due to the Nicola Gobbo scandal.

www.theage.com.au

The relevance of this decision is that it will resonate with ALL Victorians, Tony is a genuine talking point.

Ms Coate will report next week on a different form of management dysfunction in VicPol.

 

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Due to the 2001 cocaine trial quashed Mokbel may be able to have his seized items returned.

Mokbel could be paid compensation for $20m in seized assets

The shock decision by the Court of Appeal to quash Mokbel's 2006 drug trafficking conviction has potentially removed the legal grounds used to seize assets that police alleged were the proceeds of crime.

www.theage.com.au

 

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Years ago when Robert Clark was A-G, it was discovered (most likely through someone I know) that police had submitted unsworn evidence in many cases - including the Mokbel case. Instead of upholding the law, the Vic government introduced retroactive laws to make admissible inadmissible evidence. Absolutely repugnant.

So to see Mokbel be able to give the middle finger to the Victorian government is a good day in my book.