Published: May 24, 2019
Commission given until July 2020 to deliver findings, after inquiry period for Nicola Gobbo-related cases goes from five years to 18
Victoria’s royal commission into the management of police informants has been given an extra seven months to deliver its final report along with $20.5m in additional funding, after commissioner Margaret McMurdo said meeting the original deadline would be “impossible”.
The commission, ordered by the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, is examining the number of cases might have been affected by the conduct of Nicola Gobbo, a criminal defence barrister who represented some of Melbourne’s most notorious underworld figures while also acting as a police informant.
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