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The Australian - Sydney,Austra
06 December 2006
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Informer faces being cast adri
VICTORIAN police are trying to force the key informer in the prosecution case against slain Melbourne gangland figure Mario Condello out of witness protection, despite fears he could still be a target for a revenge underworld hit.
The attempt to involuntarily terminate his place in the witness protection program would leave the informer, who can be identified only as "166", without the new identity and relocation he was originally promised by police in return for giving evidence.
166's real identity is widely known among Condello's former criminal associates.
The informer, who has also helped expose police corruption in the past, was first told by Victoria Police in June that around-the-clock protection for him and his partner would be terminated.
It is understood police claimed that the murder of Condello in February, on the eve of his trial in which 166 was to testify, meant the informer and his partner were no longer at risk.
Under witness protection laws, 166 can appeal to Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon. If Ms Nixon refuses to intervene, the informer has three days to appeal the decision to Victoria's Director of Police Integrity.
The Australian understands 166 has told police that as an informer he is still a potential target for a revenge "hit" by Condello's criminal associates, who saw his co-operation with police as an unforgivable betrayal of the mafia's code of silence.
166 was promised new identities for himself and his partner, indemnity from prosecution, relocation overseas and financial compensation for having to sell his home and close his business in a deal negotiated by Deputy Commissioner Simon Overland. The Victorian Supreme Court was told after Condello's death that the package being provided to 166 totalled $1 million.
But sources have told The Australian that virtually none of the promises, apart from indemnity from prosecution on earlier charges, have been provided. 166 and his partner are still living in temporary accommodation under their own identities.
Victoria Police yesterday did not respond to questions put by The Australian.
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