Overview

• The court acquitted Mokbel on the Quills conviction, ordered a retrial on Orbital, and dismissed his appeal on Magnum.
• His bail was extended and he is listed to return to the Supreme Court on October 29 for further proceedings.
• Justices Stephen McLeish, Maree Kennedy and Stephen Kaye delivered the ruling, with a summary of reasons expected to be released later on Friday.
• Mokbel’s appeal followed findings that Victoria Police used his former barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informer, including a 2024 judgment describing a joint criminal enterprise to pervert justice.
• Mokbel spent about 18 years in prison before being granted strict bail in April with curfew and daily reporting conditions, and his electronic monitoring bracelet was later removed.