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Emily Woods

Police 'groomed' lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo

Nicola Gobbo was revealed as being a police informant during Melbourne's gangland wars. (HANDOUT/ABC NEWS)

Nicola Gobbo was a young and vulnerable barrister "looking for a way out" of dealing with gangland clients like Tony Mokbel when police saw an opportunity, her lawyers claim.

At 25-years-old, the youngest woman in Victoria to sign the bar roll, she suddenly found herself "neck deep" in the underworld and feared for her personal safety and wellbeing.

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