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19:03 EDT, 19 December 2020 115 shares Melbourne underworld drug lord Tony Mokbel could be eligible a huge payout for seized assets after charges were overturned.  A legal loophole could allow the drug kingin, 55 to apply for compensation for more than $20million in property, luxury cars and cash seized by police almost two decades ago. It follows the Court of Appeal's decision last week to quash Mokbel's 2006 drug trafficking conviction after accepting he did not get a fair trial due to meddling by his then lawyer Nicola Gobbo - the long-time police informant known as Lawyer X.   The ...

Federation Square terror plotter Ali Khalif Shire Ali has sentence increased after prosecutors appeal FriFriday 18 DecDecember 2020 at 1:48am Ali Khalif Shire Ali was jailed for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne's Federation Square. ( Print text only Cancel A man who planned to shoot revellers on New Year's Eve in Melbourne's Federation Square has had his jail sentence increased to 16 years by Victoria's Court of Appeal. Key points: Ali Khalif Shire Ali was initially jailed for 10 years over the failed plot He will now serve at least 12 years before being eligible for parole, with a fu...

Killer’s brother gets more jail time for New Year terror attack plan We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Killer’s brother gets more jail time for New Year terror attack plan Save Normal text size Advertisement An aspiring terrorist who planned to kill new year’s revellers at Melbourne’s Federation Square has had his prison term increased by six years on appeal. Ali Khalif Shire Ali, younger brother of Bourke Street attacker Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, intended to use an AK-47 assault rifle to kill as many people as he could...

Troy McCosker jailed for burning Wade Still alive in 'brazen act of extreme violence' WedWednesday 16 Wade Still was found badly burnt on the side of a road. ( Print text only Cancel A Newcastle man has been jailed for 36 years over the murder of a 23-year-old man who a Supreme Court judge said would have died in "extreme terror" and "excruciating pain". Key points: Wade Still was burned alive in 2018 by Troy McCosker and a man who can be named only as "Mr Stone" The prosecution argued that McCosker was guilty of murder because he and Mr Stone agreed to "finish off" Mr Still

The Victorian Court of Appeal has quashed one of drug baron Tony Mokbel's cocaine importing convictions over the Lawyer X scandal. Mokbel, 55, who is serving a 35-year sentence for a number of drug-related charges, appeared in court via video link from Barwon prison. Justices Chris Maxwell and David Beach axed Mokbel's conviction for importing a commercial quantity of cocaine after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions agreed the leave for appeal should be granted and the conviction set aside. Nicola Gobbo was representing Mokbel for charges he faced over Operation Paddle while act...