Underworld barrister Nicola Gobbo breaks her silence after fleeing abroad with her two young children when exposed as Lawyer X – saying she fears the police will KILL her
- Nicola Gobbo, aka Lawyer X, was a police informer for underworld clients
- She fled overseas with her children and evaded speaking to inquiry commission
- Claims her family is ‘stranded’ overseas and living in fear of the Victoria Police
Underworld barrister Nicola Gobbo has broken her silence after fleeing overseas with her two children amid death threats and fears for their safety.
Ms Gobbo – Melbourne’s infamous ‘Lawyer X’ – leaked information from her high-profile criminal clients to the police and sparked a royal commission into police informants.
She has evaded speaking to the inquiry, with her lawyers saying she is too unwell.
However, she has spoken to ABC’s 7.30 program from a secret international location, revealing how she feels ‘stranded’ and is living in fear.
Underworld barrister Nicola Gobbo (pictured) has broken her silence after fleeing overseas with her two children over fears Victoria Police will kill her
‘We are effectively stateless because we have been left in a foreign country in which we have no rights, because obviously, we’re foreigners. And we can’t obtain residency.
‘We have been gone from our home for … almost 12 months to the day. We … were not given any opportunity to explain anything to anybody, or particularly in terms of the children, have any form of closure … It remains their belief that they were chased out of their home by police that are trying to take their mummy away, and that, to any parent, is beyond devastating.’
It is understood Ms Gobbo has received a number of threats from the Melbourne underworld, however, she claimed the biggest threat she felt was from the Victoria Police.
She said she believes the police will either kill her or lead her to a position where she can be killed.
She said the police have the ‘ability to burn me, cut me off and not protect me’.
Ms Gobbo said police warned her if she returns to Australia, they will have child protection authorities remove her children from her custody for their safety.
Ms Gobbo was a registered informer three times on and off between 1996 and 2009, ratting on clients including drug kingpin Tony Mokbel and underworld killer Carl Williams.
Underworld barrister Nicola Gobbo sent gangland kingpin Tony Mokbel (pictured) an $84,000 legal bill at the same time she allegedly informed on him to police
She told the ABC ‘it’s a complicated story’ and she has been ordered to give evidence to the royal commission in January over the phone.
She said her informing had been ‘grossly misreported and she had been ‘snookered by Victoria Police’.
Victoria Police has been contacted for comment.
Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton is set to face a second day of examination at the royal commission on Tuesday.