Zarah Garde-Wilson

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Zarah Garde-Wilson

Born	1978
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Lawyer

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Zarah Garde-Wilson (born 1978) is an Australian solicitor in Victoria who has acted for many persons under investigation by Victoria Police in relation to the Melbourne gangland killings of 1998-2006. ^[1]

Garde-Wilson is a graduate of the University of Western Australia, where she attended St. George's College. She was a mistress to convicted criminal, Lewis Caine, himself a victim in 2004 of the gangland killings.^[1] Garde-Wilson is set to face trial^[2] over a charge of giving false evidence and possessing an unregistered gun that had allegedly belonged to her slain lover.

Garde-Wilson is also challenging the decision by the Victorian Legal Services Board to not renew her certificate to practise law in the state. This follows a conviction on contempt of court charges for failing to testify against the men later convicted of killing Caine.^[3]

Born in New South Wales, she is a daughter of a pastoralist who had owned property near Armidale, NSW. The family farm fell victim to a recession in the 1990s. Her name was originally Zarah Garde Wilson. Garde Wilson was a family name that had lasted three generations, but she herself added the hyphen to make it Garde-Wilson.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Moynihan, Stephen. "The Zarah Enigma", The Age, 2005-11-23. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
^ Berry, Jamie. "Gangland lawyer to face trial", The Age, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
^ Peter, Gregory. "Underworld lawyer loses legal battle", The Age, 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.

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Melbourne gangland killings

Victims · Greg Workman (1995) · Alphonse Gangitano (1998) · John Furlan (1998) · Charles Hegyaljie (1998) · Vince Mannella (1999) · Danny Catania (1999) · Gerardo Mannella (1999) · Joseph Quadara (1999) · Francesco Benvenuto (2000) · Richard Mladenich (2000) · Mark Moran (2000) · Dino Dibra (2000) · Victor Peirce (2002) · Paul Kallipolitis (2002) · Nik Radev (2003) · Jason Moran (2003) · Pasquale Barbaro (2003) · Mark Mallia (2003) · Housam Zayat (2003) · Graham Kinniburgh (2003) · Andrew Veniamin (2004) · Lewis Moran (2004) · Terrence Hodson (2004) · Christine Hodson (2004) · Lewis Caine (2004) · Mario Condello (2006)

Convicted murderers: Carl Williams · Keith Faure · Evangelos Goussis

Current trials: · Tony Mokbel

Related articles: Operation Purana · Underbelly · Zarah Garde-Wilson