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Lawyer X commissioner speaks on her concern over Nicola Gobbo scandal for the first time
The former head of the royal commission into the Lawyer X saga has confirmed she is concerned there could be “more Nicola Gobbos” after Victoria Police declined to reveal 11 other case files during the long-running probe.
Key points:
- Victoria Police did not give the commission access to 11 “extremely sensitive” cases
- Margaret McMurdo says that’s why the commission recommended an independent person to review them
- She says there’s also a possibility there could be more overturned convictions
Speaking publicly for the first time, since the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants handed down its 111 recommendations last month, Margaret McMurdo told the ABC that was why the commission had recommended an “independent person be…
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