“She stated I have been advised for those who beat a homicide (cost) they’ll proceed to cost you with one other one till they discover you responsible and so they’ll provide you with life,” he stated in his proof to the Victorian Supreme Court docket.
Mokbel is making an attempt to enchantment drug trafficking and incitement to import convictions he was sentenced for in 2012.
Going through the prospect of a number of homicide fees, Mokbel advised the courtroom he did what “everybody with a mind would have finished” and fled the nation.
“100 per cent, no means, realizing that Victoria Police had it towards me,” he stated.
Mokbel on Tuesday claimed Gobbo was the one who advised him to “significantly assume” about absconding whereas he was awaiting trial for the cocaine fees.
He doubled down on that declare on Wednesday, saying Gobbo spoke to him every day about leaving the nation.
Mokbel advised the courtroom he trusted his lawyer “one million per cent” and he had rejected rumours that she was sleeping with cops and doing medication.
“I had no problem with Ms Gobbo,” he stated.
Mokbel was finally arrested at an Athens espresso store in June 2007 however it took 11 months to extradite him to Australia.
He was sentenced to 30 years in jail in 2012 for the drug trafficking fees, on account of police operations dubbed Quills, Orbital and Magnum.
The sentence was in the end reduce right down to 26 years with a non-parole interval of 20 years following a Court docket of Attraction resolution in 2023.
Mokbel is now difficult the convictions however earlier than a substantive enchantment listening to can begin, Justice Elizabeth Fullerton must rule on a number of authorized questions.
Mokbel’s proof will proceed on Wednesday afternoon.
