Domenic Gatto
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Domenic "Mick" Gatto is an Italian-Australian criminal and is known for his involvement in the Melbourne underworld.
Gatto is a 'professional mediator' within the building industry in Melbourne
. He runs a company, Arbitrations and Mediations Pty Ltd and has an interest in a crane company, called Elite Cranes.
and remanded in custody for 18 months. He was found not guilty at trial, during which Gatto claimed he had acted in self defence after Veniamin pulled out a .38
and threatened to kill him. Gatto claims that during a struggle he was able to turn the gun around on Veniamin and fire one shot into his neck, and one shot in the eye. He also claimed that during the argument, Veniamin had implicated himself in the deaths of Dino Dibra
, Paul Kallipolitis and Graham Kinniburgh
.
Gatto is a 'professional mediator' within the building industry in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. He runs a company, Arbitrations and Mediations Pty Ltd and has an interest in a crane company, called Elite Cranes.
Murder acquittal
In 2004 Mick Gatto was charged with the murder of suspected underworld hitman Andrew VeniaminAndrew Veniamin
Andrew "Benji" Veniamin was an Australian criminal, convicted car thief, murderer accused of killing 7 underworld figures and was one of the key figures involved in the Melbourne underworld killings...
and remanded in custody for 18 months. He was found not guilty at trial, during which Gatto claimed he had acted in self defence after Veniamin pulled out a .38
.38 Special
The .38 Smith & Wesson Special is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although some semi-automatic pistols and carbines also use this round...
and threatened to kill him. Gatto claims that during a struggle he was able to turn the gun around on Veniamin and fire one shot into his neck, and one shot in the eye. He also claimed that during the argument, Veniamin had implicated himself in the deaths of Dino Dibra
Dino Dibra
Dino Dibra was an Albanian-Australian suspected murderer and a victim of the infamous Melbourne gangland killings....
, Paul Kallipolitis and Graham Kinniburgh
Graham Kinniburgh
Graham 'The Munster' Allen Kinniburgh was an Australian organised crime figure from Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia...
.
External links
- Gatto emerges reluctantly from the shadows Ian Munro The Age 24 March 2004.
- Lawyers, guns and Gatto Mark Russell, The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
19 June 2005 - Crimescene Melbourne Underworld - Dominic "Mick" Gatto (An online reference guide from the Crime Writers Association of Australia)
- Gatto hits headlines in Noosa Suzanne Carbone and Lawrence Money, The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, 8 November 2005 - The Master Networker Nick McKenzie, The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, 8 October 2007 - I, Mick Gatto with Tom Noble, Melbourne University Publishing, 6 October 2009