gobbo
Noun
Meaning
gobbo (plural gobbos or gobboes)
(fantasy, slang) A goblin.
Examples
Ms Gobbo gave an unsigned statement in 2009 saying Mark Perry - who was later acquitted over the 2003 killing of Shane Chartres-Abbott - had confessed to the Melbourne slaying.
In a public statement police conceded that using Ms Gobbo to inform against clients was "profoundly wrong" and was an "indefensible interference in the lawyer/client relationship".
Gobbo stands for Goblin, which is hated by the Dwarfs.
Throughout the story of Informer 3838, a scandal that has exposed the true underbelly of our criminal justice system, Nicola Gobbo has clung fiercely to the notion that it was someone else’s fault.
In her first lawsuit against the state in 2010, Ms Gobbo had sought compensation of $20 million.
In these grim economic times, Gobbo has become a cottage industry.