Gatto's son-in-law seeks lighter sentence than co-accused in $12M cocaine case

Awad has spent nine years awaiting re-sentencing since his 2017 arrest, with his family affected by prolonged legal proceedings.

Nine years after his arrest in a $12.4 million cocaine trafficking operation, Danny Awad — son-in-law of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto — returned to the Victorian County Court not to contest his guilt, but to argue that his role was smaller than the man he stood beside. His conviction, like his co-accused's, was overturned by the High Court in 2022 after a jury misdirection, and now the court must weigh whether a single day's involvement in a three-day operation deserves a lighter sentence than the two days that preceded it. The question before the bench is one the law has always stru

Gatto's son-in-law seeks lighter sentence than co-accused in $12M cocaine case

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