Other handles included “The General”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Pablo” and “Wally the Wizard”.
Tricarico had been accused of instructing Raffoul to remotely delete the contents of a device belonging to another man, Patrick Succar, before Succar was arrested.
Police alleged Raffoul then attempted to clear the phone’s contents remotely.
Police alleged this instruction hindered the police investigation and subsequent prosecution of Succar – who was eventually jailed after pleading guilty to trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs.
“The message history is quite extensive,” Detective Senior Constable Mahney Filipec said.
But defence barristers Dermot Dann, KC, and Damian Sheales pressed Filipec on whether she was aware or had disclosed that there were possibly multiple people using similar handles on the platform.
“When your whole case hinges on Succar being held to be The General, do you think you had a duty to disclose to the defence and the court your knowledge that there were at least two people at this time understood to be The General?” Sheales asked.
Filipec denied the allegation and said she believed all relevant material had been disclosed to the defence by AFP and Victoria Police.
In one message exchange aired in court, China888 wrote to another person: “The General got pinched. And he has AN0M. Not sure if they caught him with it.”
“Let’s wipe it anyway,” the other user replied.
Tricarico, who established her firm, Sarah Tricarico Lawyers, in 2016, has represented a host of underworld figures including convicted murderer George Marrogi and members of the Haddara, Barbaro and Tiba crime families.
In May, Tricarico successfully overturned a suspension on her practising certificate and was allowed to continue working under supervision with current clients.
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