Domenic "Mick" Gatto was born on 6 August 1955 and is an Australian boxer, debt collector, and professional mediator within the Victorian building industry.
16 Facts About Mick Gatto
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Mick Gatto was named as a standover man during the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry.
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In 2004 Mick Gatto was given a ten-year gaming ban, subsequently increased to a lifetime ban.
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Mick Gatto was raised in Melbourne and commenced working in the fruit and vegetable industry.
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In 2004 Mick Gatto was charged with the murder of Andrew Veniamin, a suspected underworld hitman.
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Mick Gatto claimed 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.
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Mick Gatto claimed that during the argument, Veniamin had implicated himself in the deaths of Dino Dibra, Paul Kallipolitis and Graham Kinniburgh.
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At the time of charging Vince Benvenuto with the 2002 murder of Victor Peirce, it was alleged that Mick Gatto had links to both men and to Faruk Orman, the man later convicted of Peirce's murder and acquitted in 2019.
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In proceedings before the Cole Royal Commission, it was heard that Mick Gatto was involved in resolving certain business disputes.
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Mick Gatto had hosted a fundraising dinner for Teo's Cure for Life Foundation in 2012.
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In 2017 it was alleged by former employees of the football club that Mick Gatto had been approached to assist in the resolution of matters involving Stephen Dank and the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy; the club denied this.
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In 2016, Mick Gatto was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and of possession of a firearm and ammunition without a licence.
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Mick Gatto told the court he kept the loaded sawn-off shotgun in his home because of fears for his life, having been threatened by a criminal cartel.
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Mick Gatto pleaded guilty to two weapons offences and was fined.
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In 2020 Mick Gatto launched a defamation lawsuit against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Mick Gatto claimed the article made him out to be a "murderer" and "one of Australia's most violent criminals".