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Mick Gatto Statistics Real name Domenic Gatto Nationality Australian
Born 6 August 1955 Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) 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.[citation needed]
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Murder acquittal
In 2004 Mick Gatto was charged with the murder of suspected underworld hitman Andrew Veniamin 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.
References in popular culture
In the local Australian TV drama series Underbelly based on the Melbourne gangland killings Gatto is played by actor Simon Westaway, and in series 2, Luke McKenzie.
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External links
- Gatto emerges reluctantly from the shadows Ian Munro The Age 24 March 2004.
- Lawyers, guns and Gatto Mark Russell, The Age 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 Age, 8 November 2005
- The Master Networker Nick McKenzie, The Age, 8 October 2007
- I, Mick Gatto with Tom Noble, Melbourne University Publishing, 6 October 2009
Melbourne gangland killings Victims Greg Workman (1995) · Alphonse Gangitano (1998) · John Furlan (1998) · Charles Hegyaljie (1998) · Vince Mannella (1999) · Damian Catania (1999) · Gerardo Mannella (1999) · Joseph Quadara (1999) · Francesco Benvenuto (2000) · "Mad" Richard Mladenich (2000) · Mark Moran (2000) · Dino Dibra (2000) · Victor Peirce (2002) · Paul Kallipolitis (2002) · Nik "The Russian" Radev (2003) · Jason Moran (2003) · Pasquale Barbaro (2003) · Willie Thompson (2003) · Mark Mallia (2003) · Michael Marshall (2003) · Housam Zayat (2003) · Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh (2003) · Andrew "Benji" Veniamin (2004) · Lewis Moran (2004) · Terrence Hodson (2004) · Christine Hodson (2004) · Lewis Caine (2004) · Mario Condello (2006) · Des Moran (2009) · Carl Williams (2010) ·
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