<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A gangland lawyer charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice has been allowed to vary her bail so she can go on a family holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sarah Tricarico, who acted for drug kingpin in his Lawyer X appeal, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court for a brief hearing today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 38-year-old was last week charged alongside Youssef Samaan Raffoul, 33, with attempting to pervert the course of justice.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brad-battin-trip-victorian-opposition-leader-faces-criticism-after-queensland-holiday/33ae5df1-c50c-4cc9-9e0c-68d9d8c482ac" rel="" target="" title="Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin denies misleading media over cruise holiday"><strong><span>Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin denies misleading media over cruise holiday</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say the charges were linked to information uncovered during a 2021 Operation Ironside investigation, which monitored communications shared using the AN0M app.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The app was set up by authorities under the guise of offering organised crime figures a safe encrypted messaging service when in reality it was being monitored by the AFP and FBI.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During today's brief hearing, Tricarico's barrister Dermot Dann KC sought to remove the conditions on her bail which stopped her from leaving the country.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/gangland-lawyer-allowed-to-go-overseas-while-on-bail/3278fda9-477a-4273-9a3d-d16ad63f8107" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He told the court his client had an overseas holiday already booked with her mother and son.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Michelle Hodgson granted the variation as it was not opposed by police, but she refused the prosecutor's push for more time to provide the brief of evidence to defence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dann argued for a shorter time frame, telling the court his client had been suspended from practising as a solicitor and she wanted to fight the charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She maintains her innocence," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She wants the matter to proceed as quickly as it possibly can."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hodgson denied the request for the case to be expedited, instead giving police the usual six-week time frame to compile the evidence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tricarico and Raffoul, who is also on bail, are both due to return to Melbourne Magistrates Court in June.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tricarico has been representing gangland figure Tony Mokbel since at least 2017 in his appeal against his drug trafficking convictions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mokbel claims barrister Nicola Gobbo tainted his case as she was giving him legal advice while also informing on him to Victoria Police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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