Faruk Orman, who was jailed for the 2002 murder of underworld figure Victor Peirce, has walked free from a Melbourne court after his conviction was quashed in the wake of the Lawyer X scandal.
He is the first person to get out of jail as a result of Victoria Police's use of underworld lawyer Nicola Gobbo — also known as Lawyer X or Informant 3838.
Mr Orman sat crying and wiping his eyes as his conviction was thrown out by the full bench of the Victorian Court of Appeal this morning.
He was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of being the getaway driver in the killing of Peirce, who was shot dead as he sat in his car in Port Melbourne in 2002.
Mr Orman has always professed his innocence, and appealed against his conviction all the way to the High Court.
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